Which to use
“alc” is a noun and “alls” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,757
- “alc” frequency rank
- #44,608
- “alls” frequency rank
- 94365
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alc | alls |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Abbreviation of alcohol. | All. |
Letter map: alc vs alls
Shared letters muted; letters that set alc and alls apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. alc runs 3 letters (VCC) against alls's 4 (VCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - alc and alls
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: alc is anoun and allsadeterminer. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94365, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alc is recorded at frequency rank #49,757, classified as anoun. alls is at rank #44,608, tagged as adet, pronounced /ɔːlz/.
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 94365, this pair ranks #1,442 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of alc vs alls
Shared letters: al. Private to "alc": c. Private to "alls": s.
"alc" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "alls" · 4 letters · shape VCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- alls ← allss · alsl · lals
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alc" and "alls" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "alc" or "alls" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "alc" and "alls". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "alc" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alls" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,442 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alc" and "alls" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alc vs amb". 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 #1,442 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.