workday

noun

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"workday" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“workday” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,414. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,414
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even th...

Corpus desk

Index EN-workday · workday · English

workday · rank #31,414 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,414
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH Woolwich

Nearest frequency peer: Woolwich (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “workday”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “workday” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

workday vs worldly
71% similar
workday vs workman
71% similar
workday vs wordy
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for workday
PropertyValue
Headwordworkday
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#31,414
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “workday”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).workdaylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Woolwich” (#31,413), “wreak” (#31,415), “windfall” (#31,412). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “workday” is #31,414. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around workday, anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,414 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for workday, with forms such as "owrkday", "wokrday", and "wordkay". 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. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "worldly", "workman", "wordy", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: 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”). Se… The correct English form is workday, spelled W-O-R-K-D-A-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends).
  2. 2
    That part of a day in which work is done.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how workday appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. It will take five workdays to process your application.
  2. My workday is 8 hours.

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

working day9 to 5nine to fiveweekdaybusiness dayjobday

This word in other languages

jornada(Español)jour ouvrable(Français)dia útil(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • owrkday
  • wokrday
  • wordkay
  • workady
  • workdayy
  • workdday
  • workdya
  • workkday
  • worrkday
  • wrokday
  • wworkday

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of workday - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

owrkday2wokrday2wordkay2workady2workdayy1workdday1workdya2workkday1
Edit distance from "workday"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "workday"?
"workday" is spelled W-O-R-K-D-A-Y.
What does "workday" mean?
As a noun, "workday" means: Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even th...
What words are commonly confused with "workday"?
"workday" is commonly confused with "worldly", "workman", "wordy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "workday"?
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 (“wor... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "workday", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

whatcha#31,408vitally#31,401viscous#31,400typhoid#31,385

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

windfall11 variantsAdriatic11 variantsunopened11 variantsanimator11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list