all-day
/ˌɔlˈdeɪ/
"all-day" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“all-day” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lasting throughout the whole day.
Corpus desk
Index EN-all-day · all-day · English
all-day · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | all-day |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌɔlˈdeɪ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “all-day” in English
Rare enough to double-check
all-day is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌɔlˈdeɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for all-day, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From all- + day. The correct English form is all-day, spelled A-L-L---D-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Lasting throughout the whole day.
- 2Available throughout the whole day.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how all-day appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
an all-day event
all-day breakfast
Etymology
From all- + day.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.