alla
/a.la/
The verdict
“alla” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,977 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #6,977
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 1
- tracked misspelling
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (il, elle, on) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de aller
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /a.la/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #6,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 1 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alla” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for alla is 4 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /a.la/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,977 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del singular (il, elle, on) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de aller".
Our generated misspelling index lists 1 likely wrong-spelling variant for alla, including "alal". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ana", "ama", "aya", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is alla, spelled A-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (il, elle, on) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de aller
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alla - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “alla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /a.la/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Ana” - see the side-by-side comparison. alla vs Ana
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.