Which to use
“all's” is a contraction and “allies” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,679
- “all's” frequency rank
- #4,504
- “allies” frequency rank
- 35183
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | all's | allies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contraction of all + is. | third-person singular simple present indicative of ally |
Letter map: all's vs allies
Shared letters muted; letters that set all's and allies apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. all's runs 4 letters (VCCC) against allies's 6 (VCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for all's / allies
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: all's is acontraction and alliesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35183, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
all's is recorded at frequency rank #30,679, classified as acontraction. allies is at rank #4,504, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈælaɪz/.
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 35183, this pair ranks #314,192 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of all's vs allies
Shared letters: als. Private to "all's": -. Private to "allies": ei.
"all's" · 4 letters · shape VCCC · "allies" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- allies ← alies · aliles · alleis · alliess · allise · lalies
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "all's" for "allies" ever safe?
Frequency check: "all's" vs "allies" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "all's" and "allies".
- Full dictionary entry for "all's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "allies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #314,192 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "all's" and "allies" 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 #314,192 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.