in date
"in-date" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“in date” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not expired; still valid; still good to be used or eaten, according to a date-stamp.
Corpus desk
Index EN-in-date · in date · English
in date · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | in date |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “in date” in English
Rare enough to double-check
in date is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not expired; still valid; still good to be used or eaten, according to a date-stamp.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for in date, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is in date, spelled I-N- -D-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Not expired; still valid; still good to be used or eaten, according to a date-stamp.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how in date appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Check that your driving licence is still in date.
Is that tin of fruit still in date?
Antonyms
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.