prime time
"prime-time" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“prime time” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The block of programming on television during the middle of the evening, usually between 7:00 pm and 11:00 pm.
Corpus desk
Index EN-prime-time · prime time · English
prime time · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prime time |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “prime time” in English
Rare enough to double-check
prime time is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for prime time in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is prime time, spelled P-R-I-M-E- -T-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1The block of programming on television during the middle of the evening, usually between 7:00 pm and 11:00 pm.
- 2The busiest or most important period.
- 3Maturity; the state at which a person or product will be accepted by the mainstream.
- 4Spring.
- 5A new period or time of youthfulness; the beginning of something.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prime time appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mass-produced mithai are readily available online, but these five independent shops make their sweets by hand every day, offering their local South Asian communities a taste of the familiar. Diwali is their prime time.
It took years longer than proponents had hoped, but wireless data is ready for prime time.
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.