# doomsday

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈduːmz.deɪ/ · frequency rank #22,956

## Definitions
1. The day when God is expected to judge the world; the end times.
2. Judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.
3. Any day of great death and destruction; end of the world; an apocalypse.
4. Any of the memorable dates used in the doomsday rule for computing weekdays from dates.

## Etymology
From Middle English domes + dai, from Old English dom (“judgment”) + dæg (“day”). Equivalent to doom + -s- + day. Compare Old Norse dómsdagr (“judgement day, doomsday”).

## Common misspellings (12)
`ddoomsday`, `domosday`, `domsday`, `doomdsay`, `doommsday`, `doomsady`, `doomsdayy`, `doomsdday`, `doomsdya`, `doomssday`, `doosmday`, `odomsday`

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