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 September 3, 2026) - The time according to the clock.
Corpus desk
Index EN-time-of-day · time of day · English
time of day · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | time of day |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “time of day” in English
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how time of day appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"At what time of day and year are the winds strongest?" / "Winter mornings, I think, or maybe at day’s end."
She would fold laundry at this time of day.
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.