all vs apt, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#2,001
“all” frequency rank: #41,338
“apt” frequency rank: 43339
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	all	apt
Definition	todo	apto

Letter map: all vs apt

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

3 ch

all

3 ch

apt

Corpus notes: all and apt

all and apt 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 43339, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

all is recorded at frequency rank #2,001, classified as anadj. apt is at rank #41,338, tagged as anadj, pronounced /æpt/.

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 43339, this pair ranks #22,304 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of all vs apt

Shared letters: a. Private to "all": l. Private to "apt": pt.

"all" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "apt" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "all" and "apt" 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.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "all" or "apt" show up more?

"all" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,001 in our Portuguese list, against #41,338 for "apt". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "all" vs "apt" 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 "apt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #22,304 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"all" and "apt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs apt". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #22,304 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.