# weekday vs workday

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### weekday
*noun · IPA /ˈwiːkdeɪ/ · frequency rank #19,502*
Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:

### workday
*noun · frequency rank #31,414*
Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends).

## Source
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