allvsAPLWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: all is a determiner, APL is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“all” is a determiner and “APL” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32
“all” frequency rank
#48,593
“APL” frequency rank
48625
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature all APL
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). Initialism of acute promyelocytic leukemia.

Letter map: all vs APL

Shared letters muted; letters that set all and APL apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
all
3 ch
APL

Role in the sentence - all and APL

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: all is adeterminer and APLanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - l in “all” becomes p in “APL”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48625, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

all is recorded at frequency rank #32, classified as adet, pronounced /ɔːl/. APL is at rank #48,593, tagged as anoun.

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 48625, this pair ranks #191,281 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of all vs APL

Shared letters: al. Private to "all": -. Private to "APL": p.

"all" · 3 letters · shape VCC  ·  "APL" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "all" for "APL" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "all" is a determiner and "APL" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "all" vs "APL" - which ranks higher?
"all" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32 in our English list, against #48,593 for "APL". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "all" and "APL". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "all" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "APL" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #191,281 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "all" and "APL" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amb vs APL". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #191,281 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list