semi-weekly
"semi-weekly" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“semi-weekly” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Occurring twice a week; occurring once every one-half a week
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | semi-weekly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “semi-weekly” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for semi-weekly is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Occurring twice a week; occurring once every one-half a week".
Zero misspellings are on record for semi-weekly in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From semi- + weekly. The correct English form is semi-weekly, spelled S-E-M-I---W-E-E-K-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Occurring twice a week; occurring once every one-half a week
Etymology
From semi- + weekly.
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 “semi-weekly”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-E-M-I---W-E-E-K-L-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.