AgnesvsallesTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#16,924
“Agnes” frequency rank
#49,287
“alles” frequency rank
66211
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Agnes alles
Definition Inês tudo, todos

Letter map: Agnes vs alles

Shared letters muted; letters that set Agnes and alles apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Agnes
5 ch
alles

Grammar separator: Agnes vs alles

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Agnes 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 66211, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Agnes is recorded at frequency rank #16,924, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈæɡ.nɪs/. 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 66211, this pair ranks #5,075 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Agnes vs alles

Shared letters: aes. Private to "Agnes": gn. Private to "alles": l.

"Agnes" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "alles" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Agnesagens · aggnes · agness · agnnes · agnse · anges · ganes
  • allesalels · ales · alless · allse · lales

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Agnes" and "alles" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Agnes" is a noun and "alles" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Agnes" or "alles"?
"Agnes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,924 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Agnes" 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 #5,075 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Agnes" 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 #5,075 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