AllahvsallesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Allah is a noun, alles is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Allah” is a noun and “alles” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,616
“Allah” frequency rank
#49,287
“alles” frequency rank
75903
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Allah alles
Definition Alá tudo, todos

Letter map: Allah vs alles

Shared letters muted; letters that set Allah and alles apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Allah
5 ch
alles

Grammar separator: Allah vs alles

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Allah is anoun and allesapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75903, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Allah is recorded at frequency rank #26,616, classified as anoun, pronounced /aˈlaː/ ouvir^(fonte ?). alles is at rank #49,287, tagged as apron.

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 75903, this pair ranks #2,203 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Allah vs alles

Shared letters: al. Private to "Allah": h. Private to "alles": es.

"Allah" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "alles" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Allahalah · alalh · allahh · allha · lalah
  • allesalels · ales · alless · allse · lales

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Allah" and "alles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Allah" is a noun and "alles" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Allah" vs "alles" - which ranks higher?
"Allah" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,616 in our Portuguese list, against #49,287 for "alles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Allah" and "alles".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Allah" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "alles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,203 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Allah" and "alles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alce 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 #2,203 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