Summer time or summertime?
summer time is a noun meaning “Daylight Saving Time”; summertime is a noun meaning “The period or season of summer”. summer time is written as two words and summertime as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between summer time and summertime?
| summer time | summertime | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | UKDaylight Saving Time | The period or season of summer |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | none | summertimes |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 1.8 times per million words |
Sources: summer time and summertime 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 summer time and summertime
summer time
- 1
UKDaylight Saving Time
- 2
Alternative spelling of summertime
summertime
- 1
The period or season of summer
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, summer time or summertime?
summer time is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; summertime 1.8 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).