Whitsun
/ˈwɪt.sən/
"whitsun" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Whitsun” is uncommon English (frequency #94,435 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,435
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Whitsunday.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Whitsun |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɪt.sən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #94,435 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Whitsun” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Whitsun is uncommon English at frequency #94,435 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈwɪt.sən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Whitsun, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Apocopic form of Whitsunday. The correct English form is Whitsun, spelled W-H-I-T-S-U-N.
Definition
- 1Whitsunday.
- 2The holiday beginning on Whitsunday.
Etymology
Apocopic form of Whitsunday.
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.
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Using “Whitsun”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-H-I-T-S-U-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.