allesvsaresConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#49,287
“alles” frequency rank
#10,309
“ares” frequency rank
59596
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alles ares
Definition tudo, todos atmosfera, ar

Letter map: alles vs ares

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

5 ch
alles
4 ch
ares

Role in the sentence - alles and ares

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: alles is apronoun and aresanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59596, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alles is recorded at frequency rank #49,287, classified as apron. ares is at rank #10,309, 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 59596, this pair ranks #8,098 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of alles vs ares

Shared letters: aes. Private to "alles": l. Private to "ares": r.

"alles" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "ares" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alles ← alels · ales · alless · allse · lales
  • ares ← aers · aress · arres · arse · raes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "alles" and "ares" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "alles" is a pronoun and "ares" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "alles" or "ares" show up more?
"ares" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,309 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

Pair "alles" vs "ares" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "alles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ares" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,098 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alles" and "ares" 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 #8,098 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