aiavsallWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#39,961
“aia” frequency rank
#2,001
“all” frequency rank
41962
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aia all
Definition criada para companhia todo

Letter map: aia vs all

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

3 ch
aia
3 ch
all

Grammar separator: aia vs all

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aia 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 41962, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aia is recorded at frequency rank #39,961, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈaj.ɐ/. 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 41962, this pair ranks #23,884 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aia vs all

Shared letters: a. Private to "aia": i. Private to "all": l.

"aia" · 3 letters · shape VVV  ·  "all" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aia" for "all" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aia" is a noun and "all" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "aia" 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 #39,961 for "aia". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "aia" and "all".

  • Full dictionary entry for "aia" 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 #23,884 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aia" and "all" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs aia". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #23,884 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