daylong

adj

"daylong" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“daylong” is uncommon English (frequency #90,341 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,341
frequency rank, English
26,416
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Which lasts a day, or approximately so.

Key facts for daylong
PropertyValue
Headworddaylong
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#90,341
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “daylong” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). daylong lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

daylong is uncommon English at frequency #90,341 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Which lasts a day, or approximately so.".

Zero misspellings are on record for daylong in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From day + -long. The correct English form is daylong, spelled D-A-Y-L-O-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Which lasts a day, or approximately so.

Etymology

From day + -long.

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 "daylong"?
"daylong" is spelled D-A-Y-L-O-N-G.
What does "daylong" mean?
As an adjective, "daylong" means: Which lasts a day, or approximately so.
What is the origin of the word "daylong"?
From day + -long. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “daylong”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is D-A-Y-L-O-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list