AGLvsallConfusable pair

Quick tell: AGL is a phrase, all is a determiner, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“AGL” is a phrase and “all” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,290
“AGL” frequency rank
#32
“all” frequency rank
46322
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature AGL all
Definition Initialism of above ground level: designating a measured distance from the ground to a higher level, i.e. altitude. Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).

Letter map: AGL vs all

Shared letters muted; letters that set AGL and all apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. AGL and all follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

3 ch
AGL
3 ch
all

Grammar separator: AGL vs all

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: AGL is aphrase and alladeterminer. On the page they differ by a single letter - g in “AGL” becomes l in “all”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46322, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

AGL is recorded at frequency rank #46,290, classified as aphrase. all is at rank #32, tagged as adet, pronounced /ɔːl/.

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 46322, this pair ranks #212,878 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of AGL vs all

Shared letters: al. Private to "AGL": g. Private to "all": -.

"AGL" · 3 letters · shape VCC  ·  "all" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "AGL" and "all" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "AGL" is a phrase and "all" a determiner, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "AGL" or "all" show up more?
"all" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32 in our English list, against #46,290 for "AGL". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "AGL" and "all".

  • Full dictionary entry for "AGL" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "all" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #212,878 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "AGL" and "all" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "AGL vs amb". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #212,878 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list