tell all
/ˌtɛl ˈɔːl/
"tell-all" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tell all” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To reveal everything, particularly information that is normally withheld.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tell-all · tell all · English
tell all · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tell all |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˌtɛl ˈɔːl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tell all” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tell all is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ˌtɛl ˈɔːl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tell all, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is tell all, spelled T-E-L-L- -A-L-L.
Definition
- 1To reveal everything, particularly information that is normally withheld.
- 2Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tell, all.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tell all appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The suspect told all when he saw the surveillance tapes linking him to the crime scene.
The actress's earthy new book tells all.
Synonyms
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.