adulthood

noun

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"adulthood" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“adulthood” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,900. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,900
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or condition, for humans and other animals, of physical and psychological maturity: being an adult.

Corpus desk

Index EN-adulthood · adulthood · English

adulthood · rank #12,900 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,900
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH adjustable

Nearest frequency peer: adjustable (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “adulthood”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “adulthood” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for adulthood
PropertyValue
Headwordadulthood
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#12,900
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “adulthood”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).adulthoodlands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “adjustable” (#12,899), “adapter” (#12,898), “accusation” (#12,897). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “adulthood” is #12,900. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around adulthood, anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,900 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for adulthood, with forms such as "addulthood", "adluthood", and "adulhtood". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From adult + -hood. The correct English form is adulthood, spelled A-D-U-L-T-H-O-O-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state or condition, for humans and other animals, of physical and psychological maturity: being an adult.
  2. 2
    The time period of a person's majority, following puberty and lasting until death.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Meronyms: young adulthood; emerging adulthood (sometimes construed as coordinate)
  2. Adulthood enables us to survive in the wilderness.

Etymology

From adult + -hood.

This word in other languages

adultez(Español)âge adulte(Français)Erwachsenenalter(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addulthood
  • adluthood
  • adulhtood
  • adullthood
  • adulthhood
  • adulthod
  • adulthodo
  • adulthoodd
  • adultohod
  • adultthood
  • adutlhood
  • audlthood
  • daulthood

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adulthood - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

addulthood1adluthood2adulhtood2adullthood1adulthhood1adulthod1adulthodo2adulthoodd1
Edit distance from "adulthood"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adulthood"?
"adulthood" is spelled A-D-U-L-T-H-O-O-D.
What does "adulthood" mean?
As a noun, "adulthood" means: The state or condition, for humans and other animals, of physical and psychological maturity: being an adult.
What are common misspellings of "adulthood"?
Common misspellings include "addulthood", "adluthood", "adulhtood", "adullthood", "adulthhood". The correct spelling is "adulthood".
What is the origin of the word "adulthood"?
From adult + -hood. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list