ach vs all, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ach” is an intj and “all” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,212
“ach” frequency rank: #2,001
“all” frequency rank: 50213
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ach	all
Definition	oh	todo

Letter map: ach vs all

Shared letters muted; letters that set ach and all apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

ach

3 ch

all

Part-of-speech tell for ach / all

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ach is anintj and allanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50213, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ach is recorded at frequency rank #48,212, classified as anintj. all is at rank #2,001, tagged as anadj.

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 50213, this pair ranks #14,769 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ach vs all

Shared letters: a. Private to "ach": ch. Private to "all": l.

"ach" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "all" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ach" for "all" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ach" is an intj and "all" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "ach" vs "all" - which ranks higher?

"all" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,001 in our Portuguese list, against #48,212 for "ach". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "ach" vs "all" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "ach" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "all" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #14,769 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ach" and "all" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ach vs acs". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #14,769 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.