in this day and age
"in-this-day-and-age" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“in this day and age” 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
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In the current era of history.
Corpus desk
Index EN-in-this-day-and-age · in this day and age · English
in this day and age · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 this day and age |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “in this day and age” in English
Rare enough to double-check
in this day and age is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In the current era of history.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for in this day and age, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is in this day and age, spelled I-N- -T-H-I-S- -D-A-Y- -A-N-D- -A-G-E.
Definition
- 1In the current era of history.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how in this day and age appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In this day and age, our understanding of, well, everything is molded far more by social media than any Socratic questioning.
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.