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Detailed reference entry for the English word "labor-day", 9-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "labor-day" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "labor-day" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

Labor Day is aEnglishnoun. It means: The holiday marking the unofficial end of summer, held on the first Monday in September. Pronounced /ˈlej.bɚ dej/.

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Key facts for Labor Day
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HeadwordLabor Day
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈlej.bɚ dej/
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Labor Day is not present in the top-100,000 ranked English corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for Labor Day is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈlej.bɚ dej/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Labor Day in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable English patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is Labor Day, spelled L-A-B-O-R- -D-A-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    The holiday marking the unofficial end of summer, held on the first Monday in September.
  2. 2
    An annual holiday held on May 1 to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Labor Day"?
"Labor Day" is spelled L-A-B-O-R- -D-A-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈlej.bɚ dej/.
What does "Labor Day" mean?
As a noun, "Labor Day" means: The holiday marking the unofficial end of summer, held on the first Monday in September.
How do you pronounce "Labor Day"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Labor Day" is /ˈlej.bɚ dej/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Labor Day" come from?
"Labor Day" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.