# ev'ry

> English word · Determiner · IPA /ɛvɹi/ · frequency rank #86,256

## Definitions
1. Contraction of every.

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