good spirits

noun

"good-spirits" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“good spirits” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - A good, cheerful mood.

Corpus desk

Index EN-good-spirits · good spirits · English

good spirits · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for good spirits
PropertyValue
Headwordgood spirits
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “good spirits” in English

good spiritsfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

good spirits is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A good, cheerful mood.".

No misspelling variants are generated for good spirits in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is good spirits, spelled G-O-O-D- -S-P-I-R-I-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A good, cheerful mood.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how good spirits appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. His good spirits were contagious.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "good spirits"?
"good spirits" is spelled G-O-O-D- -S-P-I-R-I-T-S.
What does "good spirits" mean?
As a noun, "good spirits" means: A good, cheerful mood.
What language does "good spirits" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list