# aloud

> English word · Adverb · IPA /əˈlaʊd/ · frequency rank #14,689

## Definitions
1. With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.
2. Audibly, as opposed to silently/quietly.

## Etymology
From Middle English aloud, a loude (“aloud”), equivalent to a- + loud or a- + loude (“sound”).

## Easily confused with
- **aud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloud-vs-aud)
- **alum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloud-vs-alum)
- **Alun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloud-vs-alun)
- **avoid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloud-vs-avoid)
- **amour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloud-vs-amour)
- **around** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloud-vs-around)
- **alot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alot-vs-aloud)
- **aloe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloe-vs-aloud)
- **Alon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alon-vs-aloud)
- **about** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/about-vs-aloud)
- **along** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/along-vs-aloud)
- **alone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alone-vs-aloud)
- **album** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/album-vs-aloud)
- **aloha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloha-vs-aloud)
- **aloft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloft-vs-aloud)
- **aloof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloof-vs-aloud)
- **ahold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ahold-vs-aloud)
- **afoul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/afoul-vs-aloud)
- **almond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/almond-vs-aloud)
- **abound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abound-vs-aloud)

## Common misspellings (6)
`alloud`, `alodu`, `aloudd`, `aluod`, `aolud`, `laoud`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/aloud