Palm Sunday
"palm-sunday" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Palm Sunday” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The sixth Sunday in Lent, the Sunday before Easter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Palm Sunday |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Palm Sunday” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Palm Sunday is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The sixth Sunday in Lent, the Sunday before Easter.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Palm Sunday in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the palm fronds supposedly laid before Jesus during his entrance to Jerusalem preceding his crucifixion. Originally Old English Palmsunnandæg or palm-sunnandæg. The current spelling dates to the 17th century. The correct English form is Palm Sunday, spelled P-A-L-M- -S-U-N-D-A-Y.
Definition
- 1The sixth Sunday in Lent, the Sunday before Easter.
Etymology
From the palm fronds supposedly laid before Jesus during his entrance to Jerusalem preceding his crucifixion. Originally Old English Palmsunnandæg or palm-sunnandæg. The current spelling dates to the 17th century.
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.
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Using “Palm Sunday”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-A-L-M- -S-U-N-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.