akavsallWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#15,975
“aka” frequency rank
#2,001
“all” frequency rank
17976
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aka all
Definition dirigir, guiar (um veículo): todo

Letter map: aka vs all

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

3 ch
aka
3 ch
all

Part-of-speech tell for aka / all

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aka is averb and allanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17976, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aka is recorded at frequency rank #15,975, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈaː.g̊a/, /ouːg̊/. 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 17976, this pair ranks #53,130 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aka vs all

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

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aka" for "all" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aka" is a verb and "all" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "aka" 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 #15,975 for "aka". 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 "aka" and "all".

  • Full dictionary entry for "aka" 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 #53,130 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aka" and "all" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs aka". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #53,130 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