# all's vs allows

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### all's
*contraction · frequency rank #30,679*
Contraction of all + is.

### allows
*verb · IPA /əˈlaʊz/ · frequency rank #2,142*
third-person singular simple present indicative of allow

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/all-s-vs-allows