how's every little thing

phrase

"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?

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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.

Key facts for how's every little thing
PropertyValue
Headwordhow's every little thing
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechPhrase
Letters24
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “how's every little thing” in English

how's every little thingranks 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

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

  1. 1
    A greeting, asking about a person's life; how are you?

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how how's every little thing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "how's every little thing"?
"how's every little thing" is spelled H-O-W-'-S- -E-V-E-R-Y- -L-I-T-T-L-E- -T-H-I-N-G.
What does "how's every little thing" mean?
As a phrase, "how's every little thing" means: A greeting, asking about a person's life; how are you?
What language does "how's every little thing" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list