golden age
/ˈɡəʊl.dən eɪd͡ʒ/
"golden-age" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“golden age” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A period of happiness, peace, prosperity, and great progress.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | golden age |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡəʊl.dən eɪd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “golden age” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for golden age is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɡəʊl.dən eɪd͡ʒ/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for golden age, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is golden age, spelled G-O-L-D-E-N- -A-G-E.
Definition
- 1A period of happiness, peace, prosperity, and great progress.
- 2The Golden 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 “golden age”
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- The one correct English spelling is G-O-L-D-E-N- -A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡəʊl.dən eɪd͡ʒ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.