not at all
[ˈnɑɾəˈɾɔɫ]
"not-at-all" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“not at all” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not even a tiny bit; not in any way.
Corpus desk
Index EN-not-at-all · not at all · English
not at all · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | not at all |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈnɑɾəˈɾɔɫ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “not at all” in English
Rare enough to double-check
not at all is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈnɑɾəˈɾɔɫ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not even a tiny bit; not in any way.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for not at all, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is not at all, spelled N-O-T- -A-T- -A-L-L.
Definition
- 1Not even a tiny bit; not in any way.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how not at all appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He's not at all friendly towards his ex-wife.
Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.
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.