allvsatlTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#2,001
“all” frequency rank
#40,900
“atl” frequency rank
42901
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature all atl
Definition todo água

Letter map: all vs atl

Shared letters muted; letters that set all and atl apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
all
3 ch
atl

Grammar separator: all vs atl

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: all is anadjective and atlanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - l in “all” becomes t in “atl”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

all is recorded at frequency rank #2,001, classified as anadj. atl is at rank #40,900, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈaːt͡ɬ/.

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 42901, this pair ranks #22,809 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of all vs atl

Shared letters: al. Private to "all": -. Private to "atl": t.

"all" · 3 letters · shape VCC  ·  "atl" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "all" and "atl" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "all" is an adjective and "atl" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "all" or "atl" show up more?
"all" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,001 in our Portuguese list, against #40,900 for "atl". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "all" and "atl".

  • Full dictionary entry for "all" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "atl" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,809 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "all" and "atl" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs atl". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #22,809 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