time after time
"time-after-time" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“time after time” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Again and again; repeatedly; every time; always; time and again.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | time after time |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “time after time” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for time after time is 15 letters long, classified as an adverb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Again and again; repeatedly; every time; always; time and again.".
No misspelling variants are generated for time after time in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 time after time, spelled T-I-M-E- -A-F-T-E-R- -T-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1Again and again; repeatedly; every time; always; time and again.
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 “time after time”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-I-M-E- -A-F-T-E-R- -T-I-M-E - 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.