# daughter

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɔːtə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #900

## Definitions
1. One’s female offspring.
2. A female descendant.
3. A daughter language.
4. A nuclide left over from radioactive decay.
5. A descendant.
6. A female character of a creator.
7. A familiar address to a female person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.

## Etymology
From Middle English doghter, doughter, from Old English dohtor (“daughter”), from Proto-West Germanic *dohter, from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.

## Easily confused with
- **daughters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daughter-vs-daughters)

## Common misspellings (12)
`adughter`, `daguhter`, `daugghter`, `daughetr`, `daughhter`, `daughterr`, `daughtre`, `daughtter`, `daugther`, `dauhgter`, `ddaughter`, `duaghter`

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