Whitsun
/ˈwɪt.sən/
"whitsun" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Whitsun” is uncommon English (frequency #94,435 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,435
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Whitsunday.
Corpus desk
Index EN-whitsun · Whitsun · English
Whitsun · rank #94,435 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,435
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH whirr
Nearest frequency peer: whirr (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Whitsun”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Westmore
Westmore
5,570 corpus weight
- WGS
WGS
5,569 corpus weight
- whirr
whirr
5,567 corpus weight
- Whitsun
Whitsun
5,566 corpus weight
- widdle
widdle
5,565 corpus weight
- Wilke
Wilke
5,562 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Whitsun” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Whitsun” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Whitsun is uncommon English at frequency #94,435 among 1,759 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Whitsun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1909, Sidney Heath, Romance of Symbolism: Fonts and the symbols of baptism - The times [for baptism] of which Whitsun Eve is one, are specified by ... the constitutions for Orthobon for England, Gerona, 517, c. iv.
1978, Peter Bailey, Leisure and class in Victorian England: Rational recreation and the contest for control, quoting "a British observation from early 20th century", read in Orvar Löfgren, On Holiday: A History of Vacationing (2002) - The excursion train used to vomit forth, at Easter and in Whitsun week, throngs of millhands of the period, cads and their…
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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