Time zone or timezone?
time zone is a noun meaning “A range of longitudes where a common standard time is used”; timezone is a noun meaning “Alternative form of time zone (chiefly US)”. time zone is written as two words and timezone as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between time zone and timezone?
| time zone | timezone | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | A range of longitudes where a common standard time is used | Alternative form of time zone (chiefly US) |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | time-zones | timezones |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | about once in every 3 million words |
Sources: time zone and timezone 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 time zone and timezone
time zone
- 1
A range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
- 2
Alternative form of time zone
timezone
- 1
Alternative form of time zone (chiefly US)
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, time zone or timezone?
time zone is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; timezone about once in every 3 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 time zone vs timezone?
“time zone vs timezone” is searched about 10 times a month on Bing (Google reports it together with close variants, so it has no figure of its own) in the United States.
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