Which to use
“allai” and “aller” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,638
- “allai” frequency rank
- #201
- “aller” frequency rank
- 38839
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | allai | aller |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne de l’indicatif passé simple du verbe aller. | Se déplacer jusqu'à un endroit. |
Same sound, different letters: allai vs aller
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters. allai (VCCVV) and aller (VCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: allai vs aller
This is the hard kind. allai and aller are pronounced identically (\a.le\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38839, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
allai is recorded at frequency rank #38,638, classified as averb, pronounced \a.le\. aller is at rank #201, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.le\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 38839, this pair ranks #252,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of allai vs aller
Shared letters: al. Private to "allai": i. Private to "aller": er.
"allai" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "aller" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "allai" and "aller" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "allai" vs "aller" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "allai" / "aller". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "allai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aller" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "allai" and "aller" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "allai vs allain". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #252,430 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.