allvsavôTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#2,001
“all” frequency rank
#3,962
“avô” frequency rank
5963
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature all avô
Definition todo pai da mãe ou do pai

Letter map: all vs avô

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

3 ch
all
3 ch
avô

Role in the sentence - all and avô

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: all is anadjective and avôanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5963, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

all is recorded at frequency rank #2,001, classified as anadj. avô is at rank #3,962, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈvo/.

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 5963, this pair ranks #68,582 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of all vs avô

Shared letters: a. Private to "all": l. Private to "avô": .

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "all" for "avô" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "all" is an adjective and "avô" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "all" vs "avô" - which ranks higher?
"all" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,001 in our Portuguese list, against #3,962 for "avô". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "all" vs "avô" 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 "avô" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,582 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "all" and "avô" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs avô". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #68,582 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