silver wedding
"silver-wedding" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“silver wedding” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The silver anniversary of a wedding, the 25th anniversary of a marriage.
Corpus desk
Index EN-silver-wedding · silver wedding · English
silver wedding · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | silver wedding |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “silver wedding” in English
Rare enough to double-check
silver wedding is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The silver anniversary of a wedding, the 25th anniversary of a marriage.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for silver wedding, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: A calque of German Silberhochzeit or silberne Hochzeit, first attested 1845. The correct English form is silver wedding, spelled S-I-L-V-E-R- -W-E-D-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The silver anniversary of a wedding, the 25th anniversary of a marriage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how silver wedding appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Silver Wedding! on some pensive ear From towers remote as sound the silvery bells, To-day from one far unforgotten year A silvery faint memorial music swells.
‘Perhaps you have no golden or silver wedding in England?’ ‘I confess I never heard of any thing of the kind,’ said Hamilton...
Etymology
A calque of German Silberhochzeit or silberne Hochzeit, first attested 1845.
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.