no matter what
"no-matter-what" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“no matter what” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Regardless of, in spite of, whatever.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | no matter what |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “no matter what” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for no matter what is 14 letters long, classified as a phrase. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
no matter what has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is no matter what, spelled N-O- -M-A-T-T-E-R- -W-H-A-T.
Definition
- 1Regardless of, in spite of, whatever.
- 2Regardless; in any case; even in adverse circumstances.
This word in other languages
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 “no matter what”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-O- -M-A-T-T-E-R- -W-H-A-T - 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.