Which to use
“alla” is a contraction and “Allah” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,313
- “alla” frequency rank
- #26,616
- “Allah” frequency rank
- 62929
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alla | Allah |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | na | Alá |
Letter map: alla vs Allah
Shared letters muted; letters that set alla and Allah apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - alla and Allah
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: alla is acontraction and Allahanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “alla” sits inside “Allah”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62929, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alla is recorded at frequency rank #36,313, classified as acontraction. Allah is at rank #26,616, tagged as anoun, pronounced /aˈlaː/ ouvir^(fonte ?).
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 62929, this pair ranks #6,441 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of alla vs Allah
Shared letters: al. Private to "alla": -. Private to "Allah": h.
"alla" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "Allah" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alla" and "Allah" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "alla" or "Allah" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "alla" and "Allah".
- Full dictionary entry for "alla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Allah" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,441 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alla" and "Allah" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alla vs alles". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #6,441 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.