ev'ry
/ɛvɹi/determiner
ev'ry is spelled E-V-R-Y: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a determiner, ev'ry means “Contraction of every” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ev'ry?
| Letters | 4: E-V-R-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 86,301st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is ev'ry?
Ev'ry appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ev'ry?
- US /ɛvɹi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ev'ry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
determiner
- 1
Contraction of every.
America! America! God mend thine ev’ry flaw; Confirm thy soul in self control, thy liberty in law!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ev'ry come from?
Every used to be a trisyllabic word, and it was therefore at times necessary to replace the second e with an apostrophe to pronounce the word as two syllables for poetic reasons.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).