Maundy Thursday

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"maundy-thursday" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Maundy Thursday” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
15
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The Thursday before Easter, which commemorates the Last Supper.

Key facts for Maundy Thursday
PropertyValue
HeadwordMaundy Thursday
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Maundy Thursday” sits in English frequency

Maundy Thursday falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

Maundy Thursday is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The Thursday before Easter, which commemorates the Last Supper.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Maundy Thursday, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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: From Middle English Maunde Þursday (“Holy Thursday”), equivalent to maundy + Thursday. Middle English maundy derives from Old French mandé, from Latin mandātum, in reference to the phrase mandātum novum dō vōbīs (“a new commandment I give unto you”). The correct English form is Maundy Thursday, spelled M-A-U-N-D-Y- -T-H-U-R-S-D-A-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The Thursday before Easter, which commemorates the Last Supper.

Etymology

From Middle English Maunde Þursday (“Holy Thursday”), equivalent to maundy + Thursday. Middle English maundy derives from Old French mandé, from Latin mandātum, in reference to the phrase mandātum novum dō vōbīs (“a new commandment I give unto you”).

This word in other languages

Jueves Santo(Español)Jeudi saint(Français)Gründonnerstag(Deutsch)

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 "Maundy Thursday"?
"Maundy Thursday" is spelled M-A-U-N-D-Y- -T-H-U-R-S-D-A-Y.
What does "Maundy Thursday" mean?
As a proper noun, "Maundy Thursday" means: The Thursday before Easter, which commemorates the Last Supper.
What is the origin of the word "Maundy Thursday"?
From Middle English Maunde Þursday (“Holy Thursday”), equivalent to maundy + Thursday. Middle English maundy derives from Old French mandé, from Latin mandātum, in reference to the phrase mandātum novum dō vōbīs (“a new commandment I give unto you”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Maundy Thursday”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-A-U-N-D-Y- -T-H-U-R-S-D-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list