allavsatlasConfusable pair

Quick tell: alla is a contraction, atlas is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“alla” is a contraction and “atlas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,313
“alla” frequency rank
#6,982
“atlas” frequency rank
43295
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alla atlas
Definition na publicação constituída por uma coleção de mapas ou de cartas geográficas

Letter map: alla vs atlas

Shared letters muted; letters that set alla and atlas apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. alla runs 4 letters (VCCV) against atlas's 5 (VCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
alla
5 ch
atlas

Grammar separator: alla vs atlas

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: alla is acontraction and atlasanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43295, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alla is recorded at frequency rank #36,313, classified as acontraction. atlas is at rank #6,982, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈa.tlɐʃ/.

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 43295, this pair ranks #22,358 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of alla vs atlas

Shared letters: al. Private to "alla": -. Private to "atlas": st.

"alla" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "atlas" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alla ← alal · lala
  • atlas ← altas · atals · atlass · atllas · atlsa · attlas · talas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "alla" for "atlas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "alla" is a contraction and "atlas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "alla" vs "atlas" - which ranks higher?
"atlas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,982 in our Portuguese list, against #36,313 for "alla". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "alla" vs "atlas" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "alla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "atlas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,358 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alla" and "atlas" 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 #22,358 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