All right or alright?
all right is an adjective meaning “Good; in acceptable, if not excellent condition”; alright is an interjection meaning “Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK”. Use all right as an adjective and alright as an interjection (all right is also an interjection: “Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent”). They sound the same (/ˌɔːlˈɹaɪt/).
What is the difference between all right and alright?
| all right | alright | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adjective, adverb, interjection | interjection |
| Meaning | Good; in acceptable, if not excellent condition In good health, unharmed Fairly well | informalUsed to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK informalAn expression of happiness |
| Example | The car is all right. It gets me there, anyway | Alright! I passed my exam! |
| Forms | none | aight, alreet, awright, oright, o-rite, orite |
| Pronunciation | /ˌɔːlˈɹaɪt/ /ˌaː(l)ˈɹiːt/ /ˌɔlˈɹaɪt/ | /ɔːlˈɹaɪt/ /aːˈɹiːt/ /ɔlˈɹaɪt/ |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 26 times per million words |
Sources: all right and alright in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of all right and alright
all right
- 1
Good; in acceptable, if not excellent condition
The car is all right. It gets me there, anyway
- 2
Fairly well
It went all right because my old drill still works all right
- 3
Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent
All right, let's go then
- 4
In good health, unharmed
I had a headache earlier, but now I'm all right
- 5
informalMost certainly; for sure
You taught them a lesson all right! They won't be back
- 6
Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement
All right! They scored!
- 7
Used to fill space or pauses
All right, so what you suggest we do next?
- 8
Used as a general lead-in or beginning
All right, let's get started
alright
- 1
informalUsed to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK
- 2
informalAn expression of happiness
Alright! I passed my exam!
- 3
UKinformalA generic greeting; hello; how are you
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, all right or alright?
all right is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; alright 26 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search all right vs alright?
“all right vs alright” is searched about 5,400 times a month on Google and 280 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“alright vs all right”, “all right or alright”).
Sources: Google Ads keyword data through DataForSEO and Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, the average month from September 2025 to August 2026.