# adulthood

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #12,900

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

## Etymology
From adult + -hood.

## Common misspellings (13)
`addulthood`, `adluthood`, `adulhtood`, `adullthood`, `adulthhood`, `adulthod`, `adulthodo`, `adulthoodd`, `adultohod`, `adultthood`, `adutlhood`, `audlthood`, `daulthood`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/adulthood