also
al·so/ˈɔl.soʊ/adverb, conjunction
also is spelled A-L-S-O, 2 syllables: al·so. The wrong spelling people search most is allso: about 30 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 82 of all searches for the word. Also is an adverb meaning “In addition; besides; as well; further; too”.
How many letters and syllables are in also?
| Letters | 4: A-L-S-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: al·so |
| In writing | 1,549 times per million words; the 73rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, allso, about 30 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell also?
Also is spelled A-L-S-O. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 62 of the searches for also in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is also?
Also appears 1,549 times per million words in written English, the 73rd 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 also?
- UK /ˈɔːl.səʊ/
- US /ˈɔl.soʊ/
- US /ˈɑl.soʊ/
Also has 2 syllables, split al·so in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-also.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with also
Also written: als.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with also?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as also (/ɔlsoʊ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: laos, salo, soal.
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 also mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In addition; besides; as well; further; too.
Everyone had eggs for breakfast, but Alice also had toast. Also, she finished hers in under half an hour.
- 2
obsoleteTo the same degree or extent; so, as.
conjunction
- 1
and in addition
It's a pretty dog, also loyal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate also?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of also: a..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Also in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in addition; too; besides; as well; further:
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.
Where does also come from?
From Middle English also, alswo, alswa (also als(e), as, whence English as), from Old English eallswā (“just like, also”), from Proto-West Germanic *allswā, equivalent to all + so.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).