Which to use
“aller” is a pronoun and “armer” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #425
- “aller” frequency rank
- #9,679
- “armer” frequency rank
- 10104
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aller | armer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | maskuline Singularform, Nominativ; feminine Singularform, Genitiv und Dativ; Pluralform, Genitiv des Indefinitpronomens all | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs arm |
Where the eye mixes aller and armer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses aller with armer
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aller is [ˈalɐ] while armer is [ˈaʁmɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10104, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aller is recorded at frequency rank #425, classified as apron, pronounced [ˈalɐ]. armer is at rank #9,679, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈaʁmɐ].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 10104, this pair ranks #1,976,779 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aller vs armer
Shared letters: aer. Private to "aller": l. Private to "armer": m.
"aller" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "armer" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "aller" for "armer" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "aller" or "armer" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "aller" and "armer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "aller" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "armer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,976,779 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aller" and "armer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arma vs armer". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,976,779 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.