AllsvsamosTell them apart

Quick tell: Alls is a noun, amos is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Alls” is a noun and “amos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,369
“Alls” frequency rank
#30,908
“amos” frequency rank
71277
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Alls amos
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs All Indikativ Futur Aktiv des Verbs ami

Where the eye mixes Alls and amos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Alls (VCCC) and amos (VCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
Alls
4 ch
amos

Look-alike desk: Alls vs amos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Alls is [als] while amos is [ˈamos]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71277, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Alls is recorded at frequency rank #40,369, classified as anoun, pronounced [als]. amos is at rank #30,908, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈamos].

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 71277, this pair ranks #421,470 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Alls vs amos

Shared letters: as. Private to "Alls": l. Private to "amos": mo.

"Alls" · 4 letters · shape VCCC  ·  "amos" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Alls ← allss · alsl · lals
  • amos ← ammos · amoss · amso · aoms · maos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Alls" and "amos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Alls" is a noun and "amos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Alls" or "amos" show up more?
"amos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,908 in our German list, against #40,369 for "Alls". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Alls" and "amos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Alls" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "amos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #421,470 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Alls" and "amos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Alls vs avis". 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 #421,470 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list