Which to use
“all” is a determiner and “Alun” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32
- “all” frequency rank
- #47,459
- “Alun” frequency rank
- 47491
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | all | Alun |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable). | A male given name from Welsh. |
Letter map: all vs Alun
Shared letters muted; letters that set all and Alun apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for all / Alun
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: all is adeterminer and Alunaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47491, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
all is recorded at frequency rank #32, classified as adet, pronounced /ɔːl/. Alun is at rank #47,459, tagged as aname.
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 47491, this pair ranks #201,929 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of all vs Alun
Shared letters: al. Private to "all": -. Private to "Alun": nu.
"all" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "Alun" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Alun ← allun · alnu · alunn · auln · laun
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "all" for "Alun" ever safe?
Which is more common, "all" or "Alun"?
What to do next
Pair "all" vs "Alun" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "all" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Alun" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #201,929 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "all" and "Alun" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "algo vs Alun". 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 #201,929 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.