Which to use
“Alegre” is a name and “allege” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,989
- “Alegre” frequency rank
- #22,884
- “allege” frequency rank
- 64873
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Alegre | allege |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname from Spanish. | To state under oath, to plead. |
Letter map: Alegre vs allege
Shared letters muted; letters that set Alegre and allege apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Alegre (VCVCCV) and allege (VCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - Alegre and allege
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Alegre is aname and allegeaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64873, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Alegre is recorded at frequency rank #41,989, classified as aname. allege is at rank #22,884, tagged as averb, pronounced /əˈlɛd͡ʒ/.
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 64873, this pair ranks #75,529 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Alegre vs allege
Shared letters: aegl. Private to "Alegre": r. Private to "allege": -.
"Alegre" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "allege" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "Alegre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "allege" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,529 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Alegre" and "allege" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Alegre vs Allegra". 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 #75,529 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.