# bedtime

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɛdtaɪm/ · frequency rank #13,668

## Definitions
1. The time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleep.

## Etymology
From Middle English bedtyme, bed-tyme, bedetyme, bedde tyme, equivalent to bed + time. Compare earlier Old English bedtīd (“bedtime”). Compare also West Frisian bêdtiid (“bedtime”), Dutch bedtijd (“bedtime”), Saterland Frisian Bädegungenstied (“bedtime”, literally “bed-goings-time”), German Low German Beddgahnstied, Bettgahnstiet (“bedtime”, literally “bed-goings-time”).

## Easily confused with
- **Bertie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bedtime-vs-bertie)
- **bestie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bedtime-vs-bestie)
- **bedside** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bedside-vs-bedtime)

## Common misspellings (10)
`bbedtime`, `bdetime`, `beddtime`, `beditme`, `bedtiem`, `bedtimme`, `bedtmie`, `bedttime`, `betdime`, `ebdtime`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bedtime