alla

contraction

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,313

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

2

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

alla is aPortuguesecontraction. It means: na Often confused with ama and alô.

Key facts for alla
PropertyValue
Headwordalla
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechContraction
Letters4
Frequency rank#36,313
Misspellings tracked2
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of alla in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for alla is 4 letters long, classified as acontraction. Corpus data places it at rank #36,313 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "na".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 2 documented wrong-spelling variants for alla, including "alal" and "lala". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ama", "alô", "asa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is alla, spelled A-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    na

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alal,lala

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alla

Misspelling Variants of "alla"

alal4lala4
Misspelling Variants of "alla"

Frequency rank: #36,313 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alla"?
"alla" is spelled A-L-L-A.
What does "alla" mean?
As a contraction, "alla" means: na
What words are commonly confused with "alla"?
"alla" is commonly confused with "ama", "alô", "asa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "alla" come from?
"alla" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.