good-natured
/ɡʊdˈneɪtʃəd/
"good-natured" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“good-natured” 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) - Having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition.
Corpus desk
Index EN-good-natured · good-natured · English
good-natured · 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-natured |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɡʊdˈneɪtʃəd/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “good-natured” in English
Rare enough to double-check
good-natured is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɡʊdˈneɪtʃəd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for good-natured in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is good-natured, spelled G-O-O-D---N-A-T-U-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how good-natured appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“It is singular,” said the Lady, addressing Warden; “the animal is not only so good-natured to all, but so particularly fond of children.[…]”
For the people who were shovelling away on the house-tops were jovial and full of glee; calling out to one another from the parapets, and now and then exchanging a facetious snowball—better-natured missile far than many a wordy jest—laughing heartily if it went right, and not less heartily if it went wrong.
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.