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sometime

some·time/ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/adverb, adjective

sometime is spelled S-O-M-E-T-I-M-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables (some·time). It appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “some time vs sometime” about 6,600 times a month (Google, United States). As an adverb, sometime means “At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in sometime?

Letters8: S-O-M-E-T-I-M-E
Syllables2: some·time
In writing14 times per million words; the 5,496th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Pairs people search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).

How common is sometime?

Sometime appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce sometime?

  • /ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/

Sometime has 2 syllables, split some·time in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sometime.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with sometime

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

some time vs sometime6,600 G
sometime vs sometimes20 B

Also written: some time (one word or two).

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of sometime

  • some time
  • some-time

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does sometime mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adverb

  1. 1

    At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.

    I'll see you at the pub sometime this evening.

  2. 2

    obsoleteSometimes.

  3. 3

    obsoleteAt an unstated past or future time; once; formerly.

adjective

  1. 1

    Former, erstwhile; at some previous time.

    my sometime friend and mentor

  2. 2

    Occasional; intermittent.

    an author and sometime lecturer

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Sometime in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchun jour ou l’autre (at an indefinite but stated time in the past or…)
Germanirgendwann, eines Tages (at an indefinite but stated time in the past or…)
Portuguesealgum dia (at an indefinite but stated time in the past or…), antigo (former)
Spanishal rato, algún día, en algún momento (at an indefinite but stated time in the past or…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does sometime come from?

From Middle English somtyme, som time, some tyme, sume time, sumtym, sumtyme, equivalent to some + time.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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