workday
noun, adjective
workday is spelled W-O-R-K-D-A-Y: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “work day vs workday” about 110 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, workday means “Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of workday is workdays.
How many letters and syllables are in workday?
| Letters | 7: W-O-R-K-D-A-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,168th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is workday?
Workday appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,168th 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 workday?
Workday has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-workday.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with workday
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: work day (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of workday
- workdays plural
- work day
- more workday comparative
- most workday superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does workday mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USAny of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek.
It will take five workdays to process your application.
- 2
USThat part of a day in which work is done.
My workday is 8 hours.
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of workaday.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Workday in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | jour ouvrable , journée de travail |
| Portuguese | dia útil |
| Spanish | día laborable, día hábil, día laboral , jornada |
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 workday come from?
From Middle English werkdai, werkedei, werkedai, from Old English weorcdæġ (“workday”), equivalent to work + day. Cognate with West Frisian wurkdei (“workday”), Dutch werkdag (“workday”), German Low German Warkdag (“workday”), German Werktag (“workday”). See also workaday.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).