day after day

adv

"day-after-day" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“day after day” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - For an indefinite number of days.

Corpus desk

Index EN-day-after-day · day after day · English

day after day · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" 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.

Key facts for day after day
PropertyValue
Headwordday after day
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “day after day” in English

day after dayfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

day after day is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "For an indefinite number of days.".

No misspelling variants are generated for day after day in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is day after day, spelled D-A-Y- -A-F-T-E-R- -D-A-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    For an indefinite number of days.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how day after day appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Day after day they added entries.
  2. The images we see day after day numb us.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "day after day"?
"day after day" is spelled D-A-Y- -A-F-T-E-R- -D-A-Y.
What does "day after day" mean?
As an adverb, "day after day" means: For an indefinite number of days.
What language does "day after day" come from?
"day after day" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list