family-friendly

adj

"family-friendly" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“family-friendly” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Suitable for families consisting of parents and minor children.

Key facts for family-friendly
PropertyValue
Headwordfamily-friendly
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “family-friendly” sits in English frequency

family-friendly falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

family-friendly is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for family-friendly, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is family-friendly, spelled F-A-M-I-L-Y---F-R-I-E-N-D-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Suitable for families consisting of parents and minor children.
  2. 2
    Promoting the welfare of the family structure.
  3. 3
    Devoid of material deemed inappropriate for children such as sexually-explicit text or images, use of profanity, or references to the use of illegal drugs.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "family-friendly"?
"family-friendly" is spelled F-A-M-I-L-Y---F-R-I-E-N-D-L-Y.
What does "family-friendly" mean?
As an adjective, "family-friendly" means: Suitable for families consisting of parents and minor children.
What language does "family-friendly" come from?
"family-friendly" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “family-friendly”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is F-A-M-I-L-Y---F-R-I-E-N-D-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list