everybody and his cousin
"everybody-and-his-cousin" is a 21-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“everybody and his cousin” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of everybody and his brother.
Corpus desk
Index EN-everybody-and-his-cousin · everybody and his cousin · English
everybody and his cousin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-10 10 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | everybody and his cousin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “everybody and his cousin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
everybody and his cousin is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of everybody and his brother.".
everybody and his cousin has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is everybody and his cousin, spelled E-V-E-R-Y-B-O-D-Y- -A-N-D- -H-I-S- -C-O-U-S-I-N.
Definition
- 1Synonym of everybody and his brother.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how everybody and his cousin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Everybody and his cousin will be in line for opening night with free popcorn!
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.