Which to use
“allo” is an adjective and “als” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,110
- “allo” frequency rank
- #17,755
- “als” frequency rank
- 57865
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | allo | als |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Allosexual and/or alloromantic; experiencing sexual and/or romantic attraction. | Obsolete form of also. |
Letter map: allo vs als
Shared letters muted; letters that set allo and als apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for allo / als
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: allo is anadjective and alsanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57865, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
allo is recorded at frequency rank #40,110, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈæ.ləʊ/. als is at rank #17,755, tagged as anadv.
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 57865, this pair ranks #116,408 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of allo vs als
Shared letters: al. Private to "allo": o. Private to "als": s.
"allo" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "als" · 3 letters · shape VCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- allo ← alo · alol · lalo
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "allo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "als" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,408 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "allo" and "als" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "algo vs allo". 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 #116,408 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.