everybody and his cousin

noun

"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.

Key facts for everybody and his cousin
PropertyValue
Headwordeverybody and his cousin
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters24
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “everybody and his cousin” in English

everybody and his cousinranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Synonym of everybody and his brother.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how everybody and his cousin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "everybody and his cousin"?
"everybody and his cousin" is spelled E-V-E-R-Y-B-O-D-Y- -A-N-D- -H-I-S- -C-O-U-S-I-N.
What does "everybody and his cousin" mean?
As a noun, "everybody and his cousin" means: Synonym of everybody and his brother.
What language does "everybody and his cousin" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list