Spring-time or springtime?
spring-time is a noun meaning “Alternative form of springtime”; springtime is a noun meaning “The season of spring, between winter and summer”. spring-time is written with a hyphen and springtime as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between spring-time and springtime?
| spring-time | springtime | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | Alternative form of springtime | The season of spring, between winter and summer A period of flourishing and renewal |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | spring-times | springtimes |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 1.1 times per million words |
Sources: spring-time and springtime 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 spring-time and springtime
spring-time
- 1
Alternative form of springtime
springtime
- 1
The season of spring, between winter and summer
- 2
A period of flourishing and renewal
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, spring-time or springtime?
spring-time is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; springtime 1.1 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).