expiration date
"expiration-date" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“expiration date” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A date by which an object either should not be used or loses its value, depending upon the item.
Corpus desk
Index EN-expiration-date · expiration date · English
expiration date · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | expiration date |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “expiration date” in English
Rare enough to double-check
expiration date is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A date by which an object either should not be used or loses its value, depending upon the item.".
expiration date doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is expiration date, spelled E-X-P-I-R-A-T-I-O-N- -D-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1A date by which an object either should not be used or loses its value, depending upon the item.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how expiration date appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
credit card expiration date
Well, in the mercy of God we are normally unaware of our personal expiration date.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.