all right

UK /ˌɔːlˈɹaɪt/adjective, adverb, interjection

all right is spelled A-L-L-R-I-G-H-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables. People search “all right vs alright” about 5,400 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, all right means “Good; in acceptable, if not excellent condition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in all right?

Letters	8: A-L-L-R-I-G-H-T
Syllables	2 (from its pronunciation)
In writing	a phrase: the frequency list counts single words
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search
Pairs people search	all right vs alright
Sounds like	alright
Rhymes with	right despite krait disunite

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How do you pronounce all right?

UK /ˌɔːlˈɹaɪt/
/ˌaː(l)ˈɹiːt/
/ˌɔlˈɹaɪt/

All right has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-all_right1.ogg, En-us-all_right2.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with all right

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

all right vs alright5,400 G

Sounds like: alright (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).

Also written: alright.

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with all right?

4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as all right from its last stressed vowel (/aɪt/, British pronunciation):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

What does all right mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

1
Good; in acceptable, if not excellent condition.
The car is all right. It gets me there, anyway.
2
In good health, unharmed.
I had a headache earlier, but now I'm all right.

adverb

1
Fairly well.
It went all right because my old drill still works all right.
2
informalMost certainly; for sure.
You taught them a lesson all right! They won't be back.

interjection

1
Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
All right, let's go then.
2
Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement.
All right! They scored!
3
Used to fill space or pauses.
All right, so what you suggest we do next?
4
Used as a general lead-in or beginning.
All right, let's get started.
5
Used to express exasperation or frustration, often reduplicated or with already.
All right, already! Let me finish what I was doing first, and then we can talk.
6
UKinformalTerm of greeting, equivalent to how are you or hello.
All right, mate, how are things with you and the missus?

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

All right in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

Language	Words
French	bien, d'accord, ok (good), en forme, are you all right? (in good health), ça va (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent…)
German	in Ordnung, gut (good), gesund, unversehrt (in good health), bravo, super (Used to indicate support, favor or…)
Portuguese	razoável (good), bom, bem, legal (in good health), está bem, tá (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent…)
Spanish	bien (good), normal (in good health), de acuerdo, muy bien, ándale, dale (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.