what'll
/ˈwɒtəl/
"what-ll" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“what'll” is uncommon English (frequency #52,098 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a contraction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,098
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Shortened form of what will and what shall
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | what'll |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Contraction |
| IPA | /ˈwɒtəl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,098 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “what'll” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
what'll is uncommon English at frequency #52,098 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as acontraction, transcribed /ˈwɒtəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Shortened form of what will and what shall".
No misspelling variants are generated for what'll in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is what'll, spelled W-H-A-T-'-L-L.
Definition
- 1Shortened form of what will and what shall
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “what'll”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-H-A-T-'-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈwɒtəl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.