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 May 6, 2026) - The Friday before Easter Sunday, the commemoration of the day on which Christ was crucified.
| 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) |
Where “Good Friday” sits in English frequency
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.
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.
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Using “Good Friday”
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- The one correct English spelling is G-O-O-D- -F-R-I-D-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɡʊd fɹaɪːdɛɪ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.