How to spell weekend

hear itweek·end/'wik,ɛnd/nounRules and real life

What it means: A period of time from Friday night to Sunday.

In a sentence: I am excited to play outside on the weekend.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double e. Often misspelled as wekend or week-end.

Same family: week, weekday, weekends, weekend break, weekend trip. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "weekend" is a compound of "week" and "end" and first became common in British English in the late 19th century to describe workers’ time off. As industrial work schedules changed, the two-day break at the end of the week became a distinct concept, and the new word quickly spread in everyday language.

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