time of day
"time-of-day" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“time of day” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The time according to the clock.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | time of day |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “time of day” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
time of day is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for time of day in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is time of day, spelled T-I-M-E- -O-F- -D-A-Y.
Definition
- 1The time according to the clock.
- 2A loosely specified period of time, minutes or hours in duration, especially daytime, or point in time.
- 3The greeting appropriate to the time of day.
- 4era: time; day.
- 5The right thing; the ticket; that which is needed.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “time of day”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-I-M-E- -O-F- -D-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.