grandchild

Name: grandchild, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“grandchild” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,461. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,461
frequency rank, English: 2,313
“G” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A child of someone's child.

Corpus desk

Index EN-grandchild · grandchild · English

grandchild · rank #24,461 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #24,461
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 17 variants
BOOK-MID 2,313
PHOTO-FINISH golds

Nearest frequency peer: golds (-1 rank slots)

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.

Goldie

75,542
golds

75,541
grandchild

75,540
grids

75,539
habitable

75,537
hails

75,536

What this shows “grandchild” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for grandchild
Property	Value
Headword	grandchild
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#24,461
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “grandchild”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).grandchildlands here:

#24,461

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “golds” (#24,460), “grids” (#24,462), “Goldie” (#24,459). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “grandchild” is #24,461. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around grandchild, anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,461 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A child of someone's child.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for grandchild, with forms such as "garndchild", "ggrandchild", and "gradnchild". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From grand- + child. The correct English form is grandchild, spelled G-R-A-N-D-C-H-I-L-D.

Definition

1
A child of someone's child.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

...he fell into amazement when he thought of the Herculean labours those fifteen pairs of hands had performed: of the cows they had milked, the butter they had made, the gardens they had planted, the children and grandchildren they had tended, the brooms they had worn out, the mountains of food they had cooked. It made him dizzy.
Legendary NFL quarterback Joe Montana and his wife confronted a woman suspected of trying to kidnap their grandchild Saturday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Etymology

From grand- + child.

Synonyms

grandbairn grandkid grandoffspring grandwean oe

Antonyms

grandparent

This word in other languages

nieto(Español)petit-enfant(Français)Enkel(Deutsch)neto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

garndchild
ggrandchild
gradnchild
grancdhild
grandcchild
grandchhild
grandchidl
grandchildd
grandchilld
grandchlid
grandcihld
granddchild
grandhcild
granndchild
grnadchild
grrandchild
rgandchild

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grandchild - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "grandchild"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grandchild"?

"grandchild" is spelled G-R-A-N-D-C-H-I-L-D.

What does "grandchild" mean?

As a noun, "grandchild" means: A child of someone's child.

What are common misspellings of "grandchild"?

Common misspellings include "garndchild", "ggrandchild", "gradnchild", "grancdhild", "grandcchild". The correct spelling is "grandchild".

What is the origin of the word "grandchild"?

From grand- + child. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grandchild", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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