daughter

[ˈdɔːtə(r)]

/[ˈdɔːtə(r)]/ noun

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The verdict

“daughter” is uncommon German (frequency #74,459 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,459
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tochter, in der Verwandtschaftsbeziehung der weibliche Abkömmling

Corpus desk

Index DE-daughter · daughter · German

daughter · rank #74,459 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,459
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Datenklau

Nearest frequency peer: Datenklau (-1 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „daughter“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „daughter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for daughter
PropertyValue
Headworddaughter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdɔːtə(r)]
Letters8
Frequency rank#74,459
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „daughter“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.daughterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Datenklau“ (#74,458), „Dancefloor“ (#74,457), „dalia“ (#74,456). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „daughter“ bei #74,459. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

daughter is uncommon German at frequency #74,459 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɔːtə(r)]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tochter, in der Verwandtschaftsbeziehung der weibliche Abkömmling".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for daughter, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is daughter, spelled D-A-U-G-H-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tochter, in der Verwandtschaftsbeziehung der weibliche Abkömmling

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how daughter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I already have a son, so I would like to have a daughter.

This word in other languages

fille(Français)

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "daughter"?
"daughter" is spelled D-A-U-G-H-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdɔːtə(r)].
What does "daughter" mean?
As a noun, "daughter" means: Tochter, in der Verwandtschaftsbeziehung der weibliche Abkömmling
How do you pronounce "daughter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "daughter" is [ˈdɔːtə(r)]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "daughter" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Delfinen#74,463delikate#74,464converse#74,451Burkhart#74,425

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list