Which to use
“all's” is a contraction and “allot” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,679
- “all's” frequency rank
- #37,314
- “allot” frequency rank
- 67993
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | all's | allot |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contraction of all + is. | To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot. |
Letter map: all's vs allot
Shared letters muted; letters that set all's and allot apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. all's runs 4 letters (VCCC) against allot's 5 (VCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: all's vs allot
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: all's is acontraction and allotaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67993, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
all's is recorded at frequency rank #30,679, classified as acontraction. allot is at rank #37,314, tagged as averb, pronounced /əˈlɒt/.
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 67993, this pair ranks #60,902 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of all's vs allot
Shared letters: al. Private to "all's": s. Private to "allot": ot.
"all's" · 4 letters · shape VCCC · "allot" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- allot ← allott · alolt · lalot
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "all's" for "allot" ever safe?
Frequency check: "all's" vs "allot" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "all's" and "allot". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "all's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "allot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,902 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "all's" and "allot" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "algo vs allot". 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 #60,902 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.