all out
"all-out" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“all out” 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
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of out (“having depleted stocks”) (intensive but synonymous).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | all out |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “all out” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for all out is 7 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. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for all out, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is all out, spelled A-L-L- -O-U-T.
Definition
- 1Synonym of out (“having depleted stocks”) (intensive but synonymous).
- 2The state of a side having no more men to bat, thus ending its innings.
- 3Alternative form of all-out (“comprehensive: using every means or covering every aspect”).
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 out”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-L-L- -O-U-T - 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.