daughter language
"daughter-language" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“daughter language” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A language which genetically descends from an earlier parent language.
Corpus desk
Index EN-daughter-language · daughter language · English
daughter language · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | daughter language |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “daughter language” in English
Rare enough to double-check
daughter language is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A language which genetically descends from an earlier parent language.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for daughter language, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Probably a calque of German Tochtersprache. The correct English form is daughter language, spelled D-A-U-G-H-T-E-R- -L-A-N-G-U-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1A language which genetically descends from an earlier parent language.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how daughter language appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
English is a daughter language of Old English.
French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese are daughter languages of Latin.
Etymology
Probably a calque of German Tochtersprache.
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.