Lord's Day

noun

"lord-s-day" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Lord's Day” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sunday, the first day of the week, particularly as the Christian Sabbath.

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Index EN-lord-s-day · Lord's Day · English

Lord's Day · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for Lord's Day
PropertyValue
HeadwordLord's Day
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Lord's Day” in English

Lord's Daysits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lord's Day is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sunday, the first day of the week, particularly as the Christian Sabbath.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Lord's Day, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: A calque of Ecclesiastical Latin diēs Dominicus, either directly or as a later development of Old Norse dróttinsdagr (“Lord's day”) The correct English form is Lord's Day, spelled L-O-R-D-'-S- -D-A-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sunday, the first day of the week, particularly as the Christian Sabbath.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Lord's Day appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. All officers in command of Her Majesty’s ships shall cause public worship of Almighty God to be solemnly, orderly and reverently performed in their respective ships, and shall take care that prayers and preaching, by the chaplains of those ships, be performed diligently and that the Lord’s Day be observed.

Etymology

A calque of Ecclesiastical Latin diēs Dominicus, either directly or as a later development of Old Norse dróttinsdagr (“Lord's day”)

Synonyms

Christian SabbathFirst Dayfirst-day SabbathSabbath

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lord's Day"?
"Lord's Day" is spelled L-O-R-D-'-S- -D-A-Y.
What does "Lord's Day" mean?
As a noun, "Lord's Day" means: Sunday, the first day of the week, particularly as the Christian Sabbath.
What is the origin of the word "Lord's Day"?
A calque of Ecclesiastical Latin diēs Dominicus, either directly or as a later development of Old Norse dróttinsdagr (“Lord's day”) See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list