at all events

adv

"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

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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 at all events
PropertyValue
Headwordat all events
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “at all events” in English

at all eventssits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

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

  1. 1
    In any event, at any rate, anyhow.
  2. 2
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, all, events.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. At all events, there never should have been any weapons in the mosh pit in the first place.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "at all events"?
"at all events" is spelled A-T- -A-L-L- -E-V-E-N-T-S.
What does "at all events" mean?
As an adverb, "at all events" means: In any event, at any rate, anyhow.
What language does "at all events" come from?
"at all events" 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