Español homophones
ala/alla/Allah
"ala" is a noun; "alla" is a verb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #6 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "ala" arrives as a noun, while "alla" is a verb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "al" then splits - "ala" (3 letters) vs "alla" (4).
- Shared stem "al" then splits - "ala" (3 letters) vs "Allah" (5).
- Shared stem "alla" then splits - "alla" (4 letters) vs "Allah" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across ala, alla, Allah: al. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
ala
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape VCV
Inventory al · no private letters vs siblings
alla
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape VCCV
Inventory al · no private letters vs siblings
Allah
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape VCCVC
Inventory ahl · private h
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "ala" when you mean: Las alas son extremidades o apéndices que poseen algunos grupos de animales, normalmente utilizan estas alas para poder volar.
- Write "alla" when you mean: Tercera persona del singular (il, elle, on) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de aller
- Write "Allah" when you mean: Alá.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.