Saint Valentine's Day
/ˌseɪntˈvælənˌtaɪnzˌdeɪ/
"saint-valentine-s-day" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Saint Valentine's Day” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A holiday in remembrance of Saint Valentine, February 14th, celebrated by sending cards or similar tokens of love.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Saint Valentine's Day |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌseɪntˈvælənˌtaɪnzˌdeɪ/ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Saint Valentine's Day” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Saint Valentine's Day is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌseɪntˈvælənˌtaɪnzˌdeɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A holiday in remembrance of Saint Valentine, February 14th, celebrated by sending cards or similar tokens of love.".
Saint Valentine's Day has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Saint Valentine's Day, spelled S-A-I-N-T- -V-A-L-E-N-T-I-N-E-'-S- -D-A-Y.
Definition
- 1A holiday in remembrance of Saint Valentine, February 14th, celebrated by sending cards or similar tokens of love.
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 “Saint Valentine's Day”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-A-I-N-T- -V-A-L-E-N-T-I-N-E-'-S- -D-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌseɪntˈvælənˌtaɪnzˌdeɪ/ (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.