Christmastime

noun

"christmastime" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Christmastime” is uncommon English (frequency #62,768 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,768
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Christmas season; Christmastide; yuletide

Corpus desk

Index EN-christmastime · Christmastime · English

Christmastime · rank #62,768 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,768
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH choreograph

Nearest frequency peer: choreograph (-1 rank slots)

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.

Long-tail ranks near “Christmastime”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Christmastime” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Christmastime
PropertyValue
HeadwordChristmastime
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Frequency rank#62,768
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Christmastime” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Christmastimefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “choreograph” (#62,767), “cholo” (#62,766), “clas” (#62,770). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “Christmastime” is #62,768. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Christmastime is uncommon English at frequency #62,768 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Christmas season; Christmastide; yuletide".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Christmastime, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Christmas + time. The correct English form is Christmastime, spelled C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S-T-I-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Christmas season; Christmastide; yuletide

Etymology

From Christmas + time.

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Christmastime"?
"Christmastime" is spelled C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S-T-I-M-E.
What does "Christmastime" mean?
As a noun, "Christmastime" means: Christmas season; Christmastide; yuletide
What is the origin of the word "Christmastime"?
From Christmas + time. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Christmastime", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list