Which to use
“all's” is a contraction and “alls” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,679
- “all's” frequency rank
- #44,608
- “alls” frequency rank
- 75287
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | all's | alls |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contraction of all + is. | All. |
Letter map: all's vs alls
Shared letters muted; letters that set all's and alls apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for all's / alls
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: all's is acontraction and allsadeterminer. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75287, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
all's is recorded at frequency rank #30,679, classified as acontraction. alls is at rank #44,608, tagged as adet, pronounced /ɔːlz/.
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 75287, this pair ranks #33,615 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of all's vs alls
Shared letters: als. Private to "all's": -. Private to "alls": -.
"all's" · 4 letters · shape VCCC · "alls" · 4 letters · shape VCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- alls ← allss · alsl · lals
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "all's" for "alls" ever safe?
Frequency check: "all's" vs "alls" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "all's" vs "alls" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "all's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alls" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,615 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "all's" and "alls" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "algo 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 #33,615 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.