daddy-long-legs
"daddy-long-legs" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“daddy-long-legs” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of daddy longlegs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-daddy-long-legs · daddy-long-legs · English
daddy-long-legs · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | daddy-long-legs |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “daddy-long-legs” in English
Rare enough to double-check
daddy-long-legs is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of daddy longlegs.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for daddy-long-legs, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is daddy-long-legs, spelled D-A-D-D-Y---L-O-N-G---L-E-G-S.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of daddy longlegs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how daddy-long-legs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A daddy-long-legs shot from corner to corner and hit the lamp globe.
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.