how's every little thing
"how-s-every-little-thing" is a 20-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“how's every little thing” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. 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) - A greeting, asking about a person's life; how are you?
Corpus desk
Index EN-how-s-every-little-thing · how's every little thing · English
how's every little thing · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | how's every little thing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “how's every little thing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
how's every little thing is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A greeting, asking about a person's life; how are you?".
how's every little thing doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is how's every little thing, spelled H-O-W-'-S- -E-V-E-R-Y- -L-I-T-T-L-E- -T-H-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A greeting, asking about a person's life; how are you?
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how how's every little thing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
TESSIO: Buon Natale, everybody. Buon Natale... (he smiles at Tom Hagen) Hi, Tom, how's every little thing? HAGEN: (helping him with the presents) Wonderful, Sal.
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.