Seven Sleepers' Day

name

"seven-sleepers-day" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Seven Sleepers' 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
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - June 27 in Germany (Siebenschläfertag), a day whose weather is supposed to determine the average weather of the next seven weeks.

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Index EN-seven-sleepers-day · Seven Sleepers' Day · English

Seven Sleepers' Day · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 19 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for Seven Sleepers' Day
PropertyValue
HeadwordSeven Sleepers' Day
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Seven Sleepers' Day” in English

Seven Sleepers' Dayranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Seven Sleepers' Day is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Seven Sleepers' Day has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From the legend of the Seven Sleepers. The correct English form is Seven Sleepers' Day, spelled S-E-V-E-N- -S-L-E-E-P-E-R-S-'- -D-A-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    June 27 in Germany (Siebenschläfertag), a day whose weather is supposed to determine the average weather of the next seven weeks.
  2. 2
    July 27 in Finland and Scandinavia, known as the National Sleepy Head Day in Finland

Etymology

From the legend of the Seven Sleepers.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Seven Sleepers' Day"?
"Seven Sleepers' Day" is spelled S-E-V-E-N- -S-L-E-E-P-E-R-S-'- -D-A-Y.
What does "Seven Sleepers' Day" mean?
As a proper noun, "Seven Sleepers' Day" means: June 27 in Germany (Siebenschläfertag), a day whose weather is supposed to determine the average weather of the next seven weeks.
What is the origin of the word "Seven Sleepers' Day"?
From the legend of the Seven Sleepers. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list