good night
/ɡʊd ˈnaɪt/phrase
good night is spelled G-O-O-D-N-I-G-H-T: 9 letters. People search “good-night vs goodnight” about 720 times a month (Google, United States). As a phrase, good night means “A farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in good night?
| Letters | 9: G-O-O-D-N-I-G-H-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you pronounce good night?
- /ɡʊd ˈnaɪt/
- [ɡʊd̚ˈnäɪt]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-good_night.ogg, En-uk-good_night.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with good night
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: goodnight (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of good night
- goodnight
- g'night
- good-nights present, singular, he/she/it
- good-nighting participle, present
- good-nighted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does good night mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
phrase
- 1
A farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep.
- 2
colloquialExpressing incredulity.
verb
- 1
To utter the farewell “good night” to (somebody).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Good night in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a farewell:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bonne nuit |
| German | gute Nacht |
| Portuguese | boa noite |
| Spanish | buenas noches |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does good night come from?
Probably a shortening of "May you have a good night."
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).