Which to use
“alles” is a pronoun and “après” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #97
- “alles” frequency rank
- #42,342
- “après” frequency rank
- 42439
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alles | après |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum des Indefinitpronomens all | Relation, bei der das mitnach nach |
Where the eye mixes alles and après
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. alles and après follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: alles vs après
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: alles is [ˈaləs] while après is [a.pʁɛ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs preposition), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42439, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alles is recorded at frequency rank #97, classified as apron, pronounced [ˈaləs]. après is at rank #42,342, tagged as aprep, pronounced [a.pʁɛ].
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 42439, this pair ranks #1,449,240 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alles vs après
Shared letters: as. Private to "alles": el. Private to "après": prè.
"alles" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "après" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- alles ← alels · ales · alless · allse · lales
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "alles" for "après" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "alles" or "après" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "alles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "après" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,449,240 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alles" and "après" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apel vs après". 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 #1,449,240 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.