# sometime

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/ · frequency rank #5,552

## Definitions
1. At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.
2. Sometimes.
3. At an unstated past or future time; once; formerly.

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

## Easily confused with
- **sometimes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sometime-vs-sometimes)

## Common misspellings (11)
`osmetime`, `smoetime`, `soemtime`, `someitme`, `sometiem`, `sometimme`, `sometmie`, `somettime`, `sommetime`, `somteime`, `ssometime`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sometime