Good Friday
/ɡʊd fɹaɪːdɛɪ/
"good-friday" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Good Friday” 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 September 3, 2026) - The Friday before Easter Sunday, the commemoration of the day on which Christ was crucified.
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Index EN-good-friday · Good Friday · English
Good Friday · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | Good Friday |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡʊd fɹaɪːdɛɪ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Good Friday” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Good Friday is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡʊd fɹaɪːdɛɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The Friday before Easter Sunday, the commemoration of the day on which Christ was crucified.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Good Friday, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From good (“holy”); compare good tide to refer to Christmas or Shrovetide (e.g. Goodtyde and Gudtyde in some British dialects), Good Wednesday, and the Good Book to refer to the Bible. Earlier called Old English Langa-Friġedæġ (“Long Friday”). The correct English form is Good Friday, spelled G-O-O-D- -F-R-I-D-A-Y.
Definition
- 1The Friday before Easter Sunday, the commemoration of the day on which Christ was crucified.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Good Friday appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Holonyms: Holy Week < Eastertime
But Good Friday soon restored to lord Nelville all those religious emotions, the want of which he so much regretted on the preceding days.
Etymology
From good (“holy”); compare good tide to refer to Christmas or Shrovetide (e.g. Goodtyde and Gudtyde in some British dialects), Good Wednesday, and the Good Book to refer to the Bible. Earlier called Old English Langa-Friġedæġ (“Long Friday”).
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.