Which to use
“all's” is a contraction and “alms” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,679
- “all's” frequency rank
- #33,114
- “alms” frequency rank
- 63793
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | all's | alms |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contraction of all + is. | Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food. |
Letter map: all's vs alms
Shared letters muted; letters that set all's and alms apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. all's and alms follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for all's / alms
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: all's is acontraction and almsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63793, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
all's is recorded at frequency rank #30,679, classified as acontraction. alms is at rank #33,114, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɑːmz/.
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 63793, this pair ranks #81,041 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of all's vs alms
Shared letters: als. Private to "all's": -. Private to "alms": m.
"all's" · 4 letters · shape VCCC · "alms" · 4 letters · shape VCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- alms ← allms · almms · almss · alsm · amls · lams
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "all's" and "alms" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "all's" or "alms"?
What to do next
Pair "all's" vs "alms" 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 "alms" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,041 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "all's" and "alms" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alms vs amb". 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 #81,041 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.