all vs apo, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#2,001
“all” frequency rank: #45,685
“apo” frequency rank: 47686
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	all	apo
Definition	todo	atar, juntar, ligar.

Letter map: all vs apo

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

3 ch

all

3 ch

apo

Grammar separator: all vs apo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: all is anadjective and apoaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47686, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

all is recorded at frequency rank #2,001, classified as anadj. apo is at rank #45,685, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈa.poː/..

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 47686, this pair ranks #17,547 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of all vs apo

Shared letters: a. Private to "all": l. Private to "apo": op.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "all" for "apo" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "all" is an adjective and "apo" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "all" or "apo"?

"all" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,001 in our Portuguese list, against #45,685 for "apo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

Full dictionary entry for "all" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "apo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #17,547 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"all" and "apo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs apo". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #17,547 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.