AdlervsallesConfusable pair

Quick tell: Adler is a noun, alles is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Adler” is a noun and “alles” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,427
“Adler” frequency rank
#49,287
“alles” frequency rank
77714
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Adler alles
Definition águia tudo, todos

Letter map: Adler vs alles

Shared letters muted; letters that set Adler and alles apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Adler and alles follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
Adler
5 ch
alles

Part-of-speech tell for Adler / alles

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Adler is anoun and allesapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77714, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Adler is recorded at frequency rank #28,427, classified as anoun, pronounced /'aːdlɐ/ ouvir^(fonte ?). alles is at rank #49,287, tagged as apron.

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 77714, this pair ranks #1,810 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Adler vs alles

Shared letters: ael. Private to "Adler": dr. Private to "alles": s.

"Adler" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "alles" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Adler ← addler · adelr · adlerr · adller · adlre · alder · daler
  • alles ← alels · ales · alless · allse · lales

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Adler" for "alles" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Adler" is a noun and "alles" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Adler" or "alles"?
"Adler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,427 in our Portuguese list, against #49,287 for "alles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Adler" and "alles".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Adler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "alles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,810 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Adler" and "alles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alce vs alles". 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 #1,810 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list