allesvsanõesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#49,287
“alles” frequency rank
#14,281
“anões” frequency rank
63568
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alles anões
Definition tudo, todos plural de anão

Letter map: alles vs anões

Shared letters muted; letters that set alles and anões apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. alles (VCCVC) and anões (VCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
alles
5 ch
anões

Grammar separator: alles vs anões

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: alles is apronoun and anõesanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63568, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alles is recorded at frequency rank #49,287, classified as apron. anões is at rank #14,281, tagged as anoun.

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 63568, this pair ranks #6,134 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of alles vs anões

Shared letters: aes. Private to "alles": l. Private to "anões": nõ.

"alles" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "anões" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alles ← alels · ales · alless · allse · lales

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "alles" and "anões" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "alles" is a pronoun and "anões" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "alles" or "anões" show up more?
"anões" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,281 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "alles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "anões" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #6,134 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alles" and "anões" 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 #6,134 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