Sunday

/ˈsʌn.deɪ/

//ˈsʌn.deɪ// noun

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"sunday" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Sunday” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,287. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,287
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day; it follows Saturday and preced...

Corpus desk

Index EN-sunday · Sunday · English

Sunday · rank #1,287 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,287
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH spring

Nearest frequency peer: spring (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Sunday”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Sunday” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Sunday vs SUNY
17% similar
Sunday vs sunny
50% similar
Sunday vs sundry
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Sunday
PropertyValue
HeadwordSunday
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsʌn.deɪ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,287
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Sunday”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Sundaylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “spring” (#1,286), “telling” (#1,288), “senior” (#1,285). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “Sunday” is #1,287. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Sunday (IPA /ˈsʌn.deɪ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,287 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sunday, with forms such as "snuday", "ssunday", and "sudnay". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "SUNY", "sunny", "sundry", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English Sonday, from Old English sunnandæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *Sunnōn dag (literally “day of the Sun”), equivalent to sun + day, as a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Sōlis; declared the "venerable day of the sun" by Roman E… The correct English form is Sunday, spelled S-U-N-D-A-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.
  2. 2
    A newspaper published on Sunday.
  3. 3
    A comic strip published in a Sunday newspaper.
  4. 4
    Describes someone who does something occasionally or casually, and therefore without skill.
  5. 5
    Describes something particularly fine and elegant, particularly something that could be worn to or used at church.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Sunday appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Every day is like Sunday / Every day is silent and grey
  2. And after missing a simple header in the first half, the Manchester United striker ensured England topped Group D to set up a quarter-final meeting with Italy in Kiev on Sunday.

Etymology

From Middle English Sonday, from Old English sunnandæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *Sunnōn dag (literally “day of the Sun”), equivalent to sun + day, as a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Sōlis; declared the "venerable day of the sun" by Roman Emperor Constantine on March 7, 321 C.E. Compare Saterland Frisian Sundai (“Sunday”), German Low German Sünndag, Dutch zondag, West Frisian snein, German Sonntag, Danish søndag.

Synonyms

SunSun.the Lord's day

This word in other languages

domingo(Español)dimanche(Français)Sonntag(Deutsch)domingo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • snuday
  • ssunday
  • sudnay
  • sunady
  • sundayy
  • sundday
  • sundya
  • sunnday
  • usnday

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sunday - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

snuday2ssunday1sudnay2sunady2sundayy1sundday1sundya2sunnday1
Edit distance from "Sunday"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sunday"?
"Sunday" is spelled S-U-N-D-A-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsʌn.deɪ/.
What does "Sunday" mean?
As a noun, "Sunday" means: The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day; it follows Saturday and preced...
What words are commonly confused with "Sunday"?
"Sunday" is commonly confused with "SUNY", "sunny", "sundry". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sunday"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sunday" is /ˈsʌn.deɪ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "Sunday"?
From Middle English Sonday, from Old English sunnandæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *Sunnōn dag (literally “day of the Sun”), equivalent to sun + day, as a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Sōlis; declared the "venerable day of the sun" ... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sunday", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

spring#1,286senior#1,285secret#1,284anyway#1,293

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

telling9 variantsbought9 variantslatest9 variantsimpact9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list