als
noun
als is spelled A-L-S: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, als means “plural of al” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in als?
| Letters | 3: A-L-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 17,813th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is als?
Als appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce als?
Als has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with als
Also written: also.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with als?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as als.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: las, sal, asl.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does als mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of al
noun
- 1
Initialism of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- 2
Initialism of approach lighting system.
- 3
Initialism of ambient light sensor.
noun
- 1
plural of AL
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Als in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense amyotrophic lateral sclerosis:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.