good-hearted
/ɡʊd.hɑː.təd/
"good-hearted" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“good-hearted” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Kind and well-intentioned.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | good-hearted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɡʊd.hɑː.təd/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “good-hearted” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for good-hearted is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɡʊd.hɑː.təd/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Kind and well-intentioned.".
good-hearted has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English gode herted. The correct English form is good-hearted, spelled G-O-O-D---H-E-A-R-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Kind and well-intentioned.
Etymology
From Middle English gode herted.
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 “good-hearted”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-O-O-D---H-E-A-R-T-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɡʊd.hɑː.təd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.