all clear
"all-clear" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“all clear” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - a signal that danger, such as an air raid, is over; usually a siren at a single pitch
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | all clear |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “all clear” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
all clear is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for all clear in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: all + clear The correct English form is all clear, spelled A-L-L- -C-L-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1a signal that danger, such as an air raid, is over; usually a siren at a single pitch
- 2permission to proceed after obstacles have been removed
Etymology
all + clear
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “all clear”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-L-L- -C-L-E-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.