child benefit
"child-benefit" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“child benefit” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A regular government payment made to parents or guardians for each child up to a certain age.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | child benefit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “child benefit” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
child benefit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A regular government payment made to parents or guardians for each child up to a certain age.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for child benefit in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is child benefit, spelled C-H-I-L-D- -B-E-N-E-F-I-T.
Definition
- 1A regular government payment made to parents or guardians for each child up to a certain age.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “child benefit”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-H-I-L-D- -B-E-N-E-F-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.