# workday

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #31,414

## Definitions
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. That part of a day in which work is done.

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **worldly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/workday-vs-worldly)
- **workman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/workday-vs-workman)
- **wordy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordy-vs-workday)
- **weekday** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weekday-vs-workday)

## Common misspellings (11)
`owrkday`, `wokrday`, `wordkay`, `workady`, `workdayy`, `workdday`, `workdya`, `workkday`, `worrkday`, `wrokday`, `wworkday`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/workday