semimonthly
"semimonthly" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“semimonthly” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Occurring twice a month or at half month intervals.
Corpus desk
Index EN-semimonthly · semimonthly · English
semimonthly · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | semimonthly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “semimonthly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
semimonthly is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Occurring twice a month or at half month intervals.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for semimonthly in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From semi- + monthly. The correct English form is semimonthly, spelled S-E-M-I-M-O-N-T-H-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Occurring twice a month or at half month intervals.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how semimonthly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The semimonthly meeting was scheduled for the second and fourth Tuesdays. Compare fortnightly, biweekly, semiweekly; not to be confused with bimonthly
Etymology
From semi- + monthly.
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.