airvsallConfusable pair

Which to use

“air” and “all” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,609
“air” frequency rank
#2,001
“all” frequency rank
8610
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature air all
Definition aéreo todo

Letter map: air vs all

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

3 ch
air
3 ch
all

Pair insight - air / all

air and all are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8610, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

air is recorded at frequency rank #6,609, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈɛɹ/. 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 8610, this pair ranks #65,109 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of air vs all

Shared letters: a. Private to "air": ir. Private to "all": l.

"air" · 3 letters · shape VVC  ·  "all" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "air" and "all" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "air" 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 #6,609 for "air". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "air" 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 #65,109 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "air" and "all" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs air". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #65,109 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