in all fairness
"in-all-fairness" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“in all fairness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of in fairness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-in-all-fairness · in all fairness · English
in all fairness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | in all fairness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “in all fairness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
in all fairness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of in fairness.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for in all fairness, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is in all fairness, spelled I-N- -A-L-L- -F-A-I-R-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of in fairness.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how in all fairness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The latter is an example of intermediate time adjustments although it must in all fairness be added that there has been no overall increase in the journey times of certain of the trains concerned.
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.