good night
"good-night" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“good night” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep.
Corpus desk
Index EN-good-night · good night · English
good night · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 night |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “good night” in English
Rare enough to double-check
good night is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for good night in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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: Probably a shortening of "May you have a good night." The correct English form is good night, spelled G-O-O-D- -N-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1A farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep.
- 2Expressing incredulity.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how good night appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] peculiarities of your law always interest me. What is 'legitim'?" "Oh! Good-night!" I said derisively. "But I am in dead earnest, and really want to know," he added with a perfectly serious face; "I have a small bet on."
Together they pried into the sodden mass, yanking out what was left of the record books. "Oh, good night!" Joe moaned in dismay. "The fire extinguisher liquid has messed up what the fire didn't."
Etymology
Probably a shortening of "May you have a good night."
Synonyms
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.