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.
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?
Frequency check: "all" vs "APL" - which ranks higher?
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.