everybody and their dog
/ˈɛvɹiɪbɒdi n̩ ðɛː ˈdɒɡ/
"everybody-and-their-dog" is a 20-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“everybody and their dog” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of everybody and his brother (“everybody, everyone; also, a large number of people; most people”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-everybody-and-their-dog · everybody and their dog · English
everybody and their dog · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 23 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 their dog |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /ˈɛvɹiɪbɒdi n̩ ðɛː ˈdɒɡ/ |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “everybody and their dog” in English
Rare enough to double-check
everybody and their dog is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed /ˈɛvɹiɪbɒdi n̩ ðɛː ˈdɒɡ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of everybody and his brother (“everybody, everyone; also, a large number of people; most people”).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for everybody and their dog in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From everybody + and + their + dog. The correct English form is everybody and their dog, spelled E-V-E-R-Y-B-O-D-Y- -A-N-D- -T-H-E-I-R- -D-O-G.
Definition
- 1Synonym of everybody and his brother (“everybody, everyone; also, a large number of people; most people”).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how everybody and their dog appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Everybody and their dog in that town had the "fever and ague," and they walked about like ghosts.
Etymology
From everybody + and + their + dog.
Synonyms
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.