Tuesday
Tues·day/ˈtjuːz.deɪ/noun, adverb
Tuesday is spelled T-U-E-S-D-A-Y: 7 letters and 2 syllables (Tues·day). It appears 43 times per million words in written English, the 2,339th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). 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…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Tuesday is Tuesdays.
How many letters and syllables are in Tuesday?
| Letters | 7: T-U-E-S-D-A-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: Tues·day |
| In writing | 43 times per million words; the 2,339th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Tuesday?
Tuesday appears 43 times per million words in written English, the 2,339th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Tuesday?
- /ˈtjuːz.deɪ/
- /ˈtjuːzdi/
- /ˈt͡ʃuːzdeɪ/
Tuesday has 2 syllables, split Tues·day in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-Tuesday.ogg, En-us-Tuesday.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Aadenboy-Tuesday.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Tuesday
- Tuesdays plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Tuesday mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 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.
adverb
- 1
CanadaUSinformalOn Tuesday.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tuesday in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mardi |
| German | Dienstag , am Dienstag |
| Portuguese | terça-feira |
| Spanish | martes |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Tuesday come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).