Some time or sometime?
some time is an adverb meaning “Alternative form of sometime”; sometime is an adverb meaning “At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future”. some time is written as two words and sometime as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between some time and sometime?
| some time | sometime | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adverb, noun | adverb, adjective |
| Meaning | A period of some length | At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future Former, erstwhile; at some previous time Occasional; intermittent |
| Example | none recorded | I'll see you at the pub sometime this evening |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/ |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 14 times per million words |
Sources: some time and sometime in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of some time and sometime
some time
- 1
Alternative form of sometime
- 2
A period of some length
sometime
- 1
At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future
I'll see you at the pub sometime this evening
- 2
Former, erstwhile; at some previous time
my sometime friend and mentor
- 3
Occasional; intermittent
an author and sometime lecturer
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, some time or sometime?
some time is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; sometime 14 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search some time vs sometime?
“some time vs sometime” is searched about 6,600 times a month on Google and 160 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“sometime vs some time”, “some time or sometime”).
Sources: Google Ads keyword data through DataForSEO and Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, the average month from September 2025 to August 2026.