weeknight
"weeknight" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“weeknight” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,263. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,263
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - The evening of a weekday.
Corpus desk
Index EN-weeknight · weeknight · English
weeknight · rank #46,263 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,263
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH Wea
Nearest frequency peer: Wea (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “weeknight”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- wallop
wallop
53,742 corpus weight
- Wea
Wea
53,739 corpus weight
- weeknight
weeknight
53,738 corpus weight
- weenie
weenie
53,737 corpus weight
- whet
whet
53,736 corpus weight
- wile
wile
53,734 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “weeknight” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | weeknight |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #46,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “weeknight” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around weeknight, anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,263 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The evening of a weekday.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for weeknight, with forms such as "eweknight", "weekinght", and "weekknight". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From week + night. The correct English form is weeknight, spelled W-E-E-K-N-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1The evening of a weekday.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how weeknight appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On weeknights other than Saturdays, the last Bedford train leaves St. Pancras at 10.35 instead of 10.0 p.m. and is 20 min. faster, and the last Luton train at 11.35 instead of 11.15 p.m.
For Ms. Park, a forensic chemist for the New Jersey State Police who has since retired, bulgogi was a weeknight workhorse, even without the convenience of pre-sliced meat.
Etymology
From week + night.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eweknight
- weekinght
- weekknight
- weekngiht
- weeknigght
- weeknighht
- weeknightt
- weeknigth
- weeknihgt
- weeknnight
- weenkight
- wekenight
- weknight
- wweeknight
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of weeknight - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "weeknight", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
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.