expiry date
"expiry-date" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“expiry 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The date on which something runs out or expires and becomes out of date, in many cases requiring renewal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | expiry date |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “expiry date” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
expiry date is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The date on which something runs out or expires and becomes out of date, in many cases requiring renewal.".
expiry date has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 expiry date, spelled E-X-P-I-R-Y- -D-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1The date on which something runs out or expires and becomes out of date, in many cases requiring renewal.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “expiry date”
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- The one correct English spelling is E-X-P-I-R-Y- -D-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.