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 uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In the end; ultimately.
Corpus desk
Index EN-when-all-is-said-and-don · when all is said and done · English
when all is said and done · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 25 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | when all is said and done |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “when all is said and done” in English
Rare enough to double-check
when all is said and done is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how when all is said and done appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When all is said and done, you will find it is a smaller project than it appears.
when all was said and done, nothing that was said was done.
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.