daytime
/ˈdeɪtaɪm/noun, adjective
daytime is spelled D-A-Y-T-I-M-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.6 times per million words in written English, the 11,870th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, daytime means “The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of daytime is daytimes.
How many letters and syllables are in daytime?
| Letters | 7: D-A-Y-T-I-M-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.6 times per million words; the 11,870th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is daytime?
Daytime appears 4.6 times per million words in written English, the 11,870th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce daytime?
- /ˈdeɪtaɪm/
Daytime has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-daytime.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with daytime
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: day-time (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of daytime
- daytimes plural
- day-time
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does daytime mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to daytime; appropriate to the day.
- 2
Happening during the day.
daytime television
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Daytime in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does daytime come from?
From day + time.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).