Monday

/ˈmʌn.deɪ/

//ˈmʌn.deɪ// noun

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"monday" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Monday” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,666. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,666
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The second day of the week in many religious traditions, and the first day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm. It follows Sunday and precedes Tuesday.

Corpus desk

Index EN-monday · Monday · English

Monday · rank #1,666 · 9 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,666
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH mike

Nearest frequency peer: mike (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Monday”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Monday” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Monday vs money
50% similar
Monday vs moody
50% similar
Monday vs Monty
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Monday
PropertyValue
HeadwordMonday
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈmʌn.deɪ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,666
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Monday”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Mondaylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “mike” (#1,665), “nations” (#1,667), “method” (#1,664). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “Monday” is #1,666. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Monday (IPA /ˈmʌn.deɪ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,666 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The second day of the week in many religious traditions, and the first day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm. It follows Sunday and precedes Tuesday.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Monday, with forms such as "mmonday", "mnoday", and "modnay". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "money", "moody", "Monty", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English Monday, Monenday, from Old English mōnandæġ (“day of the moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag, a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Lūnae, equivalent to Moon + day. See also Japanese 月曜日 (“Moon's day”). Cognates Compa… The correct English form is Monday, spelled M-O-N-D-A-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The second day of the week in many religious traditions, and the first day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm. It follows Sunday and precedes Tuesday.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mr. Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, […] would visit the farm every Monday morning to receive his instructions.
  2. An LMPD Board Notice of Hearing states part of Cosgrove’s hearings took place in November. The second half of his hearing is set to begin Monday and end Wednesday.

Etymology

From Middle English Monday, Monenday, from Old English mōnandæġ (“day of the moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag, a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Lūnae, equivalent to Moon + day. See also Japanese 月曜日 (“Moon's day”). Cognates Compare Scots Monanday (“Monday”), Yola Mondei (“Monday”), Saterland Frisian Moundai (“Monday”), West Frisian moandei (“Monday”), Alemannic German meintog, miantag, méntag, mìntàg, mäntag, Määntig (“Monday”), Bavarian Monda, Mondåg, montach, monti (“Monday”), Cimbrian matak, menta, méentag (“Monday”), Dutch maandag (“Monday”), German Montag (“Monday”), German Low German Maandag (“Monday”), Luxembourgish Méindeg (“Monday”), Mòcheno ma'ta (“Monday”), Pennsylvania German Mundaag, Muundaag (“Monday”), Vilamovian möntaog (“Monday”), West Flemish moandag (“Monday”), Yiddish מאָנטיק (montik, “Monday”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål mandag (“Monday”), Faroese mánadagur (“Monday”), Icelandic mánudagur (“Monday”), Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish måndag (“Monday”), Finnish maanantai (“Monday”).

Synonyms

MonMon.washing day

This word in other languages

lunes(Español)lundi(Français)Montag(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmonday
  • mnoday
  • modnay
  • monady
  • mondayy
  • mondday
  • mondya
  • monnday
  • omnday

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Monday - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mmonday1mnoday2modnay2monady2mondayy1mondday1mondya2monnday1
Edit distance from "Monday"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Monday"?
"Monday" is spelled M-O-N-D-A-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmʌn.deɪ/.
What does "Monday" mean?
As a noun, "Monday" means: The second day of the week in many religious traditions, and the first day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm. It follows Sunday and precedes Tuesday.
What words are commonly confused with "Monday"?
"Monday" is commonly confused with "money", "moody", "Monty". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Monday"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Monday" is /ˈmʌn.deɪ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "Monday"?
From Middle English Monday, Monenday, from Old English mōnandæġ (“day of the moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag, a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Lūnae, equivalent to Moon + day. See also Japanese 月曜日 (“Moon's day”). Cogn... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Monday", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

method#1,664option#1,669prison#1,670senate#1,673

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

smaller9 variantsartist9 variantswindow9 variantsspread9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list