at any rate
"at-any-rate" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“at any rate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In any case, anyway, anyhow, regardless; used to discard or qualify a previous thought.
Corpus desk
Index EN-at-any-rate · at any rate · English
at any rate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 any rate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “at any rate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
at any rate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how at any rate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jim broke the window — or maybe it was John? At any rate, the window’s broken now.
He's stinking rich — or, at any rate, pretty well off.
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.