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allai/aller/allers/allez/allé/allées/allés

"allai" is a verb; "allers" is a noun - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #10 of 9,139 French groups.

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Grammar picks the spelling

Same sound, different grammar: "allai" arrives as a verb, while "allers" is a noun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Shared stem "all" then splits - "allai" (5 letters) vs "aller" (5).
  • Shared stem "all" then splits - "allai" (5 letters) vs "allers" (6).
  • Shared stem "all" then splits - "allai" (5 letters) vs "allez" (5).
  • Shared stem "all" then splits - "allai" (5 letters) vs "allé" (4).
  • Shared stem "all" then splits - "allai" (5 letters) vs "allées" (6).
  • Shared stem "all" then splits - "allai" (5 letters) vs "allés" (5).
  • Shared stem "aller" then splits - "aller" (5 letters) vs "allers" (6).
  • Single-letter fork: "aller" keeps r, "allez" writes z at letter 5.
  • Shared stem "all" then splits - "aller" (5 letters) vs "allé" (4).
  • Shared stem "all" then splits - "aller" (5 letters) vs "allées" (6).
  • Shared stem "all" then splits - "aller" (5 letters) vs "allés" (5).
  • Shared stem "alle" then splits - "allers" (6 letters) vs "allez" (5).
  • Shared stem "all" then splits - "allers" (6 letters) vs "allé" (4).
  • Shared stem "all" then splits - "allers" (6 letters) vs "allées" (6).
  • Shared stem "all" then splits - "allers" (6 letters) vs "allés" (5).
  • Shared stem "all" then splits - "allez" (5 letters) vs "allé" (4).
  • Shared stem "all" then splits - "allez" (5 letters) vs "allées" (6).
  • Shared stem "all" then splits - "allez" (5 letters) vs "allés" (5).
  • Shared stem "allé" then splits - "allé" (4 letters) vs "allées" (6).
  • Shared stem "allé" then splits - "allé" (4 letters) vs "allés" (5).
  • Shared stem "allé" then splits - "allées" (6 letters) vs "allés" (5).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across allai, aller, allers, allez, allé, allées, allés: al. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

  • allai

    5 letters · 3 vowels · shape VCCVV

    Inventory ail · private i

  • aller

    5 letters · 2 vowels · shape VCCVC

    Inventory aelr · private er

  • allers

    6 letters · 2 vowels · shape VCCVCC

    Inventory aelrs · private ers

  • allez

    5 letters · 2 vowels · shape VCCVC

    Inventory aelz · private ez

  • allé

    4 letters · 2 vowels · shape VCCV

    Inventory alé · private é

  • allées

    6 letters · 3 vowels · shape VCCVVC

    Inventory aelsé · private esé

  • allés

    5 letters · 2 vowels · shape VCCVC

    Inventory alsé · private sé

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "allai" when you mean: Première personne de l’indicatif passé simple du verbe aller.
  • Write "aller" when you mean: Se déplacer jusqu'à un endroit.
  • Write "allers" when you mean: Pluriel de aller.
  • Write "allez" when you mean: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de aller.
  • Write "allé" when you mean: Masculin singulier du participe passé du verbe aller.
  • Write "allées" when you mean: Pluriel de allée.
  • Write "allés" when you mean: Masculin pluriel du participe passé du verbe aller.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

  • allai ← alali · lalai
  • aller ← alelr · aler · allerr · allre · laler
  • allers ← alelrs · alers · allerrs · allerss · allesr · allres
  • allez ← alelz · alez · allezz · allze · lalez

Each spelling

allai

verb · /\a.le\/ · #38,638 frequency

Première personne de l’indicatif passé simple du verbe aller.

aller

verb · /\a.le\/ · #201 frequency

Se déplacer jusqu'à un endroit.

allers

noun · /\a.le\/ · #21,233 frequency

Pluriel de aller.

allez

verb · /\a.le\/ · #488 frequency

Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de aller.

allé

/\a.le\/

Masculin singulier du participe passé du verbe aller.

allées

/\a.le\/

Pluriel de allée.

allés

/\a.le\/

Masculin pluriel du participe passé du verbe aller.

Nearby French homophone groups

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