match day
noun
match day is spelled M-A-T-C-H-D-A-Y: 8 letters. As a noun, match day means “The day when graduating medical-school students find out where they will serve as residents” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of match day is match days.
How many letters and syllables are in match day?
| Letters | 8: M-A-T-C-H-D-A-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with match day
Also written: matchday (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of match day
- match days plural
- matchday
- match-day
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does match day mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The day when graduating medical-school students find out where they will serve as residents.
- 2
The day on which a sporting event takes place.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Match day in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense day with a sporting event:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.