# weekday

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwiːkdeɪ/ · frequency rank #19,502

## Definitions
1. Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:
2. Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:
3. Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:
4. Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:
5. Any day of the week (Monday through Sunday).

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wykeday, from Old English wicdæġ. By surface analysis, compound of week + day. Compare West Frisian wikedei (“weekday”), Dutch weekdag (“weekday”), German Wochentag (“weekday”), Danish ugedag (“weekday”), Swedish veckodag (“weekday”), Norwegian ukedag (“weekday”).

## Easily confused with
- **weekly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weekday-vs-weekly)
- **workday** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weekday-vs-workday)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ewekday`, `weedkay`, `weekady`, `weekdayy`, `weekdday`, `weekdya`, `weekkday`, `wekday`, `wekeday`, `wweekday`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/weekday