all-fired
"all-fired" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“all-fired” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Extreme, excessive.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | all-fired |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “all-fired” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for all-fired is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Extreme, excessive.".
No misspelling variants are generated for all-fired in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Probably a euphemistic form of hell-fired. The correct English form is all-fired, spelled A-L-L---F-I-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Extreme, excessive.
Etymology
Probably a euphemistic form of hell-fired.
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-fired”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-L-L---F-I-R-E-D - 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.