The word "hockaday" is not commonly used and may seem difficult to spell at first glance. However, it can be broken down into its individual sounds, which can be represented with IPA phonetic transcription. The first sound is a voiceless glottal fricative /h/, followed by the vowel sound /ɒ/ as in "hot." The next two sounds are the consonants /k/ and /d/ followed by the vowel sound /eɪ/ as in "day." So, the correct spelling of "hockaday" is phonetically encoded as /hɒkədeɪ/.