good-looking
/ˈɡʊdˈlʊk.ɪŋ/
"good-looking" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“good-looking” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Physically attractive (of a person).
Corpus desk
Index EN-good-looking · good-looking · English
good-looking · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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-looking |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɡʊdˈlʊk.ɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “good-looking” in English
Rare enough to double-check
good-looking is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɡʊdˈlʊk.ɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Physically attractive (of a person).".
Zero misspellings are on record for good-looking in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From good + looking. Compare Dutch goeduitziend (“good-looking”), German gutaussehend (“good-looking”). The correct English form is good-looking, spelled G-O-O-D---L-O-O-K-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Physically attractive (of a person).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how good-looking appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When one of us sees a good-looking guy, we nudge the other one and smile. One guy had the most gorgeous face I had ever seen. Every time we go to the mall we look around for 'that guy' just in case.
Etymology
From good + looking. Compare Dutch goeduitziend (“good-looking”), German gutaussehend (“good-looking”).
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.