# everyday

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/ · frequency rank #3,162

## Definitions
1. Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions.
2. Commonplace, ordinary.
3. Present or recurring every day.
4. Commonplace or ordinary during daytime.

## Etymology
From Middle English everidayes, every daies, every dayes (“everyday, daily, continual, constant”, adjective, literally “every day's”), equivalent to every + day.

## Easily confused with
- **everyman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/everyday-vs-everyman)

## Common misspellings (12)
`eevryday`, `everdyay`, `everryday`, `everyady`, `everydayy`, `everydday`, `everydya`, `everyyday`, `eveyrday`, `evreyday`, `evveryday`, `veeryday`

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