First Day
"first-day" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“First Day” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sunday (the first day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | First Day |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “First Day” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for First Day is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Sunday (the first day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week).".
First Day doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Used (like also First Month in place of January, etc) to avoid the pagan associations of the traditional name. The correct English form is First Day, spelled F-I-R-S-T- -D-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Sunday (the first day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week).
Etymology
Used (like also First Month in place of January, etc) to avoid the pagan associations of the traditional name.
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 “First Day”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-I-R-S-T- -D-A-Y - 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.