all right
/ˌɔːlˈɹaɪt/
"all-right" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“all right” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Good; in acceptable, if not excellent condition.
Corpus desk
Index EN-all-right · all right · English
all right · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | all right |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌɔːlˈɹaɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “all right” in English
Rare enough to double-check
all right is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌɔːlˈɹaɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for all right, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is all right, spelled A-L-L- -R-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1Good; in acceptable, if not excellent condition.
- 2In good health, unharmed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how all right appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The car is all right. It gets me there, anyway.
I had a headache earlier, but now I'm all right.
This word in other languages
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.