Wednesday

[ˈwɛnz.deɪ]

/[ˈwɛnz.deɪ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Wednesday” is uncommon French (frequency #78,054 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,054
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mercredi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-wednesday · Wednesday · French

Wednesday · rank #78,054 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,054
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH véhiculant

Nearest frequency peer: véhiculant (-3 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Wednesday »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Wednesday » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Wednesday
PropertyValue
HeadwordWednesday
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈwɛnz.deɪ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#78,054
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Wednesday » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Wednesdaytombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « véhiculant » (#78,051), « Vouvray » (#78,050), « Wissam » (#78,058). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « Wednesday » est au #78,054. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Wednesday is uncommon French at frequency #78,054 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈwɛnz.deɪ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Wednesday in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Wednesday, spelled W-E-D-N-E-S-D-A-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mercredi.
  2. 2
    Une rencontre, une personne ou un sentiment associé à ce jour de la semaine.

Synonyms

humpday

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Wednesday"?
"Wednesday" is spelled W-E-D-N-E-S-D-A-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈwɛnz.deɪ].
What does "Wednesday" mean?
As a noun, "Wednesday" means: Mercredi.
How do you pronounce "Wednesday"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wednesday" is [ˈwɛnz.deɪ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wednesday" come from?
"Wednesday" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vomissant#78,049visionnée#78,048Verhaeren#78,041vavasseur#78,037

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list