midweek
mid·weeknoun, adjective, adverb
midweek is spelled M-I-D-W-E-E-K: 7 letters and 2 syllables (mid·week). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, midweek means “The middle of the week” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of midweek is midweeks.
How many letters and syllables are in midweek?
| Letters | 7: M-I-D-W-E-E-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: mid·week |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,974th most frequent word form |
| 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).
How common is midweek?
Midweek appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce midweek?
Midweek has 2 syllables, split mid·week in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-midweek.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of midweek
- midweeks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does midweek mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The middle of the week.
- 2
informalMidweek worship service, held by many congregations and in addition to a Sunday morning service.
This Wednesday is churchwide midweek; men's is the next one.
adjective
- 1
That happens in the middle of the week.
adverb
- 1
In the middle of the week.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Midweek in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense That happens in the middle of the week:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Mittwoch |
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.
Where does midweek come from?
From mid- + week. Compare Saterland Frisian Midwiek (“Wednesday”, literally “midweek”), German Low German Middeweek (“Wednesday”, literally “midweek”), German Mittwoch (“Wednesday”, literally “midweek”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).