Which to use
“wall” is a noun and “walls” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,824
- “wall” frequency rank
- #26,596
- “walls” frequency rank
- 33420
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wall | walls |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | parede | terceira pessoa do singular do presente indicativo do verbo wall. |
Letter map: wall vs walls
Shared letters muted; letters that set wall and walls apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for wall / walls
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: wall is anoun and wallsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “wall” sits inside “walls”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wall is recorded at frequency rank #6,824, classified as anoun, pronounced /wɔːl/. walls is at rank #26,596, tagged as averb.
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 33420, this pair ranks #34,110 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of wall vs walls
Shared letters: alw. Private to "wall": -. Private to "walls": s.
"wall" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "walls" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "wall" and "walls" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "wall" or "walls"?
After this comparison
You've compared "wall" and "walls". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "wall" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "walls" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,110 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wall" and "walls" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Wal vs walls". 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 #34,110 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.