alles
The verdict
“alles” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #49,287 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a pronoun.
- #49,287
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tudo, todos
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 | alles |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #49,287 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alles” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for alles is 5 letters long, classified as a pronoun. Corpus data places it at rank #49,287 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "tudo, todos".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for alles, with forms such as "alels", "ales", and "alless". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "ares", "ally", "antes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is alles, spelled A-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1tudo, todos
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alels,ales,alless,allse,lales
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alles - 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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “alles”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-L-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “ares” - see the side-by-side comparison. alles vs ares
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese 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.