Which to use
“Alla” is a name and “alls” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,112
- “Alla” frequency rank
- #44,608
- “alls” frequency rank
- 77720
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Alla | alls |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obsolete form of Allah. | All. |
Letter map: Alla vs alls
Shared letters muted; letters that set Alla and alls apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Alla (VCCV) and alls (VCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for Alla / alls
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Alla is aname and allsadeterminer. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “Alla” becomes s in “alls”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77720, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Alla is recorded at frequency rank #33,112, classified as aname. 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 77720, this pair ranks #26,480 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Alla vs alls
Shared letters: al. Private to "Alla": -. Private to "alls": s.
"Alla" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "alls" · 4 letters · shape VCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Alla" for "alls" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Alla" vs "alls" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Alla" and "alls".
- Full dictionary entry for "Alla" 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 #26,480 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Alla" 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 #26,480 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.