adovsallWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: ado is a noun, all is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#31,628
“ado” frequency rank
#2,001
“all” frequency rank
33629
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ado all
Definition a fazer todo

Letter map: ado vs all

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

3 ch
ado
3 ch
all

Grammar separator: ado vs all

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ado is anoun and allanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33629, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ado is recorded at frequency rank #31,628, classified as anoun. 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 33629, this pair ranks #33,827 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ado vs all

Shared letters: a. Private to "ado": do. Private to "all": l.

"ado" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "all" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ado" for "all" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ado" is a noun and "all" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ado" or "all"?
"all" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,001 in our Portuguese list, against #31,628 for "ado". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "ado" and "all". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ado" 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 #33,827 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ado" and "all" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs ado". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #33,827 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