# holidays

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #4,952

## Definitions
1. (usually after possessive) holiday, vacation; time off work, especially if spent travelling away from home.
2. The season around Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year's Day.

## Easily confused with
- **Holliday** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holidays-vs-holliday)
- **holiday** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holiday-vs-holidays)

## Common misspellings (12)
`hholidays`, `hloidays`, `hoildays`, `holdiays`, `holiadys`, `holidasy`, `holidayss`, `holidayys`, `holiddays`, `holidyas`, `hollidays`, `ohlidays`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/holidays