you all

pron

"you-all" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“you all” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a pronoun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - All of you; plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.

Key facts for you all
PropertyValue
Headwordyou all
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechPronoun
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “you all” sits in English frequency

you all falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for you all is 7 letters long, classified as a pronoun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for you all in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is you all, spelled Y-O-U- -A-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    All of you; plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.
  2. 2
    You (with singular or plural referent); y'all.

Synonyms

the list of other second-person plural pronouns at Thesaurus:y'all

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "you all"?
"you all" is spelled Y-O-U- -A-L-L.
What does "you all" mean?
As a pronoun, "you all" means: All of you; plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.
What language does "you all" come from?
"you all" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Using “you all”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is Y-O-U- -A-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list