Tuesday

/ˈtjuːz.deɪ/

//ˈtjuːz.deɪ// noun

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"tuesday" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Tuesday” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,373. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,373
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.

Corpus desk

Index EN-tuesday · Tuesday · English

Tuesday · rank #2,373 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,373
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH trading

Nearest frequency peer: trading (-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 “Tuesday”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “Tuesday” 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).

Tuesday vs Tuesdays
88% similar
Tuesday vs Thursday
75% similar

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

Key facts for Tuesday
PropertyValue
HeadwordTuesday
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈtjuːz.deɪ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,373
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Tuesday”

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).Tuesdaylands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “trading” (#2,372), “vision” (#2,374), “surgery” (#2,371). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “Tuesday” is #2,373. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Tuesday (IPA /ˈtjuːz.deɪ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,373 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tuesday, with forms such as "teusday", "ttuesday", and "tuedsay". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Tuesdays", "Thursday", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English Tewesday, from Old English tīwesdæġ (“Tuesday”), from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (“Tuesday”, literally “Tiw's Day”). This was a Germanic interpretation of Latin diēs Mārtis, itself a translation of Ancient Greek Ἄρεως ἡμέρα (Áreōs hē… The correct English form is Tuesday, spelled T-U-E-S-D-A-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. An anti-Mao force has occupied many rural districts around Tengchung in west Yunnan and is directing peasants there to revolt against Mao Tse-tung, intelligence sources here reported Tuesday.
  2. Alaska DOT crews returned to Igiugig on Tuesday to repair the lights, which are now back in service, Dapcevich said.

Etymology

From Middle English Tewesday, from Old English tīwesdæġ (“Tuesday”), from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (“Tuesday”, literally “Tiw's Day”). This was a Germanic interpretation of Latin diēs Mārtis, itself a translation of Ancient Greek Ἄρεως ἡμέρα (Áreōs hēméra) (interpretatio romana). Cognate with Scots Tysday (“Tuesday”), Saterland Frisian Täisdai (“Tuesday”), West Frisian tiisdei (“Tuesday”), dialectal German Ziestag (“Tuesday”), Danish tirsdag (“Tuesday”), Swedish tisdag (“Tuesday”), Finnish tiistai (“Tuesday”). More at Tyr, day.

Synonyms

TueTue.Tues.Tues

This word in other languages

martes(Español)mardi(Français)Dienstag(Deutsch)terça-feira(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • teusday
  • ttuesday
  • tuedsay
  • tuesady
  • tuesdayy
  • tuesdday
  • tuesdya
  • tuessday
  • tuseday
  • utesday

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tuesday - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

teusday2ttuesday1tuedsay2tuesady2tuesdayy1tuesdday1tuesdya2tuessday1
Edit distance from "Tuesday"

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 "Tuesday"?
"Tuesday" is spelled T-U-E-S-D-A-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtjuːz.deɪ/.
What does "Tuesday" mean?
As a noun, "Tuesday" means: The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.
What words are commonly confused with "Tuesday"?
"Tuesday" is commonly confused with "Tuesdays", "Thursday". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Tuesday"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tuesday" is /ˈtjuːz.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 "Tuesday"?
From Middle English Tewesday, from Old English tīwesdæġ (“Tuesday”), from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (“Tuesday”, literally “Tiw's Day”). This was a Germanic interpretation of Latin diēs Mārtis, itself a translation of Ancient Greek Ἄρεως ἡμέρα... 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 "Tuesday", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

trading#2,372surgery#2,371worried#2,376stadium#2,369

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

slowly10 variantsallowing10 variantsnoticed10 variantselected10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list