at any rate
"at-any-rate" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“at any rate” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a prep_phrase - 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) - In any case, anyway, anyhow, regardless; used to discard or qualify a previous thought.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | at any rate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “at any rate” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for at any rate is 11 letters long, classified as a prep_phrase. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for at any rate, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is at any rate, spelled A-T- -A-N-Y- -R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1In any case, anyway, anyhow, regardless; used to discard or qualify a previous thought.
- 2Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, any, rate.
Synonyms
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 “at any rate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-T- -A-N-Y- -R-A-T-E - 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.