all-rounder
"all-rounder" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“all-rounder” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A versatile person, able to do many things well; used especially in reference to being good at various sports.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | all-rounder |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “all-rounder” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for all-rounder is 11 letters long, classified as a noun. 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.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for all-rounder, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From earlier all-round (“versatile”) + -er, sense “versatile person” from 1875. The correct English form is all-rounder, spelled A-L-L---R-O-U-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1A versatile person, able to do many things well; used especially in reference to being good at various sports.
- 2A player who is skilled in both batting and bowling.
- 3A shirt collar going all round the neck and meeting in front.
Etymology
From earlier all-round (“versatile”) + -er, sense “versatile person” from 1875.
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.
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Using “all-rounder”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-L-L---R-O-U-N-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.