# each

> English word · Determiner · IPA /iːt͡ʃ/ · frequency rank #191

## Definitions
1. All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).

## Etymology
From Middle English eche, elche, ilch, from Old English ǣlċ, contraction of ǣġhwelċ. Comparable to aye + alike.
Compare Scots ilk, elk (“each, every”), Saterland Frisian älk (“each”), West Frisian elk, elts (“each”), Dutch elk (“each”), Low German elk, ellik (“each”), German Low German elk, elke (“each, every”), German jeglicher (“any”). By surface analysis, Old English ā + which.

## Easily confused with
- **eh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-eh)
- **eat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-eat)
- **ear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-ear)
- **eth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-eth)
- **eau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-eau)
- **ECT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-ect)
- **ECB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-ecb)
- **EDC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-edc)
- **ECM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-ecm)
- **ESC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-esc)
- **EAS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-eas)
- **Eph** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-eph)
- **EEC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-eec)
- **Erc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-erc)
- **easy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-easy)
- **east** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-east)
- **earn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-earn)
- **ears** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-ears)
- **ease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-ease)
- **earl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-earl)

## Common misspellings (5)
`aech`, `eacch`, `eachh`, `eahc`, `ecah`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/each