midday
\mɪdˈdeɪ\
The verdict
“midday” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Midi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-midday · midday · French
midday · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | midday |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɪdˈdeɪ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « midday » en français
Rare enough to double-check
midday is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɪdˈdeɪ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Midi.".
midday doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is midday, spelled M-I-D-D-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Midi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how midday appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It’s thirty minutes past midday.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.