good morning
/ˌɡʊd ˈmɔːnɪŋ/
"good-morning" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“good morning” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an interjection - 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) - Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | good morning |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔːnɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “good morning” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for good morning is 12 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔːnɪŋ/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for good morning, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English gud mornynge (also as goode morne, gode morne), from Old English *gōdne morgen (“good morning”), an ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good morning", equivalent to good + morning. Compare West Frisian goeie moarn, Dutch goe… The correct English form is good morning, spelled G-O-O-D- -M-O-R-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.
- 2A parting in the morning.
- 3Used to greet someone who has just awakened (irrespective of the time of day).
- 4Said to someone who has come to a belated realization.
Etymology
From Middle English gud mornynge (also as goode morne, gode morne), from Old English *gōdne morgen (“good morning”), an ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good morning", equivalent to good + morning. Compare West Frisian goeie moarn, Dutch goedemorgen, German guten Morgen, Danish god morgen, Swedish god morgon, Icelandic góðan morgunn.
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 “good morning”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-O-O-D- -M-O-R-N-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔːnɪŋ/ (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.