Which to use
“all's” is a contraction and “alleys” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,679
- “all's” frequency rank
- #26,672
- “alleys” frequency rank
- 57351
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | all's | alleys |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contraction of all + is. | plural of alley |
Letter map: all's vs alleys
Shared letters muted; letters that set all's and alleys apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. all's runs 4 letters (VCCC) against alleys's 6 (VCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - all's and alleys
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: all's is acontraction and alleysanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57351, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
all's is recorded at frequency rank #30,679, classified as acontraction. alleys is at rank #26,672, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈæ.liz/.
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 57351, this pair ranks #119,908 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of all's vs alleys
Shared letters: als. Private to "all's": -. Private to "alleys": ey.
"all's" · 4 letters · shape VCCC · "alleys" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- alleys ← alelys · aleys · allesy · alleyss · alleyys · allyes · laleys
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "all's" and "alleys" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "all's" or "alleys" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "all's" and "alleys".
- Full dictionary entry for "all's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alleys" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,908 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "all's" and "alleys" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "all's vs alls". 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 #119,908 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.