akvsallWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#15,974
“ak” frequency rank
#2,001
“all” frequency rank
17975
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ak all
Definition irmão (que não é o primogênito) todo

Letter map: ak vs all

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

2 ch
ak
3 ch
all

Role in the sentence - ak and all

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ak is anoun and allanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17975, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ak is recorded at frequency rank #15,974, classified as anoun, pronounced /ák̚/. 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 17975, this pair ranks #53,131 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ak vs all

Shared letters: a. Private to "ak": k. Private to "all": l.

"ak" · 2 letters · shape VC  ·  "all" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ak" and "all" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ak" is a noun and "all" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ak" 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 #15,974 for "ak". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "ak" vs "all" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ak" 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 #53,131 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ak" and "all" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs ak". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #53,131 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