everyday
/ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/
"everyday" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“everyday” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #3,162 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #3,162
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | everyday |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “everyday” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for everyday is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,162 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for everyday, with forms such as "eevryday", "everdyay", and "everryday". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "everyman", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English everidayes, every daies, every dayes (“everyday, daily, continual, constant”, adjective, literally “every day's”), equivalent to every + day. The correct English form is everyday, spelled E-V-E-R-Y-D-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions.
- 2Commonplace, ordinary.
- 3Present or recurring every day.
- 4Commonplace 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.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eevryday,everdyay,everryday,everyady,everydayy,everydday,everydya,everyyday,eveyrday,evreyday,evveryday,veeryday
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of everyday - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “everyday”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-V-E-R-Y-D-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “everyman” - see the side-by-side comparison. everyday vs everyman
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.