everday
Everyday said the way rural Southern mouths actually say it.
Also called everyday.
Updated September 21, 2026
everday pronunciation
/EV-er-day/
Meaning
Same thing as everyday or every day, just clipped in the middle. Can mean ordinary ("my everday boots") or something that happens daily ("we feed them chickens everday"). Context tells you which. You mostly see this spelling when somebody is writing how the word sounds on a porch, not in a school essay.
How folks use it
- “These are just my everday shirts for working in the barn.”
- “We check that fence line everday after a hard rain.”
Origin and etymology
A reduced pronunciation of everyday, where the middle syllable softens in fast talk. That kind of clipping is common in Southern and Appalachian speech. Writers have used the spelling in dialect stories since the late 1800s to catch how people sound, not to invent a new word.
Frequently asked questions
Is everday wrong English?
In school writing, everyday is the standard spelling. In rural Southern talk, everday is just how the word often comes out.