Father's Day

/faːðɚz dɛɪː/

//faːðɚz dɛɪː// noun

"father-s-day" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Father's Day” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A holiday in celebration of fatherhood, or to honor fathers, celebrated on the third Sunday of June in most of the world's countries. See Wikipedia:Father's Day:Dates.

Corpus desk

Index EN-father-s-day · Father's Day · English

Father's Day · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" 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.

Key facts for Father's Day
PropertyValue
HeadwordFather's Day
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/faːðɚz dɛɪː/
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Father's Day” in English

Father's Dayranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Father's Day is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /faːðɚz dɛɪː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A holiday in celebration of fatherhood, or to honor fathers, celebrated on the third Sunday of June in most of the world's countries. See Wikipedia:Father's Day:Dates.".

Father's Day has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is Father's Day, spelled F-A-T-H-E-R-'-S- -D-A-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A holiday in celebration of fatherhood, or to honor fathers, celebrated on the third Sunday of June in most of the world's countries. See Wikipedia:Father's Day:Dates.

Synonyms

Dad's Day

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Father's Day"?
"Father's Day" is spelled F-A-T-H-E-R-'-S- -D-A-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /faːðɚz dɛɪː/.
What does "Father's Day" mean?
As a noun, "Father's Day" means: A holiday in celebration of fatherhood, or to honor fathers, celebrated on the third Sunday of June in most of the world's countries. See Wikipedia:Father's Day:Dates.
How do you pronounce "Father's Day"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Father's Day" is /faːðɚz dɛɪː/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Father's Day" come from?
"Father's Day" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list