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 May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of in fairness.
| 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) |
Where “in all fairness” sits in English frequency
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.
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.
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Using “in all fairness”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N- -A-L-L- -F-A-I-R-N-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.