at all events
"at-all-events" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“at all events” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In any event, at any rate, anyhow.
Corpus desk
Index EN-at-all-events · at all events · English
at all events · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | at all events |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “at all events” in English
Rare enough to double-check
at all events is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for at all events in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is at all events, spelled A-T- -A-L-L- -E-V-E-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1In any event, at any rate, anyhow.
- 2Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, all, events.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how at all events appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
At all events, there never should have been any weapons in the mosh pit in the first place.
In future, at all events, the security staff shall screen all entrants for weapons.
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.