good afternoon
"good-afternoon" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“good afternoon” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A greeting or farewell said in the afternoon.
Corpus desk
Index EN-good-afternoon · good afternoon · English
good afternoon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | good afternoon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “good afternoon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
good afternoon is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A greeting or farewell said in the afternoon.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for good afternoon, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Probably a shortening of "I wish you a good afternoon." The correct English form is good afternoon, spelled G-O-O-D- -A-F-T-E-R-N-O-O-N.
Definition
- 1A greeting or farewell said in the afternoon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how good afternoon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Good afternoon everyone and thank you for coming to our special meeting today.
Jeeves: Good afternoon, madam. Landlady: Don't you good afternoon me. I'm a respectable woman. Jeeves: I have no reason to doubt it, madam.
Etymology
Probably a shortening of "I wish you a good afternoon."
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.