when all is said and done
"when-all-is-said-and-done" is a 20-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“when all is said and done” 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
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In the end; ultimately.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | when all is said and done |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “when all is said and done” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for when all is said and done is 25 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. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "In the end; ultimately.".
Zero misspellings are on record for when all is said and done in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is when all is said and done, spelled W-H-E-N- -A-L-L- -I-S- -S-A-I-D- -A-N-D- -D-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1In the end; ultimately.
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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- The one correct English spelling is W-H-E-N- -A-L-L- -I-S- -S-A-I-D- -A-N-D- -D-O-N-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.