Which to use
“all's” is a contraction and “allo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,679
- “all's” frequency rank
- #40,110
- “allo” frequency rank
- 70789
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | all's | allo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contraction of all + is. | Allosexual and/or alloromantic; experiencing sexual and/or romantic attraction. |
Letter map: all's vs allo
Shared letters muted; letters that set all's and allo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Grammar separator: all's vs allo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: all's is acontraction and alloanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70789, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
all's is recorded at frequency rank #30,679, classified as acontraction. allo is at rank #40,110, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈæ.ləʊ/.
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 70789, this pair ranks #49,164 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of all's vs allo
Shared letters: al. Private to "all's": s. Private to "allo": o.
"all's" · 4 letters · shape VCCC · "allo" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- allo ← alo · alol · lalo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "all's" and "allo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "all's" or "allo"?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "all's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "allo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,164 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "all's" and "allo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "algo vs allo". 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 #49,164 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.