quotidian
/kwə(ʊ)ˈtɪdɪən/
"quotidian" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“quotidian” is an uncommon English word, ranked #72,684 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #72,684
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Happening every day; daily.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quotidian |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kwə(ʊ)ˈtɪdɪən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #72,684 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quotidian” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for quotidian is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kwə(ʊ)ˈtɪdɪən/. Corpus data places it at rank #72,684 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
quotidian doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Anglo-Norman cotidian, cotidien, Middle French cotidian, cotidien, and their source, Latin cottīdiānus, quōtīdiānus (“happening every day”), from adverb cottīdiē, quōtīdiē (“every day, daily”), from an unattested adjective derived from quot (“how many”… The correct English form is quotidian, spelled Q-U-O-T-I-D-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Happening every day; daily.
- 2Having the characteristics of something which can be seen, experienced, etc, every day or very commonly.
- 3Recurring every twenty-four hours or (more generally) daily (of symptoms, etc).
- 4Something which is considered humdrum or dull.
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman cotidian, cotidien, Middle French cotidian, cotidien, and their source, Latin cottīdiānus, quōtīdiānus (“happening every day”), from adverb cottīdiē, quōtīdiē (“every day, daily”), from an unattested adjective derived from quot (“how many”) + locative form of diēs (“day”).
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “quotidian”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Q-U-O-T-I-D-I-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kwə(ʊ)ˈtɪdɪən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.