all out

adj

"all-out" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“all out” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of out (“having depleted stocks”) (intensive but synonymous).

Corpus desk

Index EN-all-out · all out · English

all out · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for all out
PropertyValue
Headwordall out
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “all out” in English

all outranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

all out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    Synonym of out (“having depleted stocks”) (intensive but synonymous).
  2. 2
    The state of a side having no more men to bat, thus ending its innings.
  3. 3
    Alternative form of all-out (“comprehensive: using every means or covering every aspect”).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how all out appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. —Do you have any more of those heirloom tomatoes? —Sorry, we're all out.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "all out"?
"all out" is spelled A-L-L- -O-U-T.
What does "all out" mean?
As an adjective, "all out" means: Synonym of out (“having depleted stocks”) (intensive but synonymous).
What language does "all out" come from?
"all out" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list