granddaughter
"granddaughter" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“granddaughter” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #12,984 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,984
- frequency rank, English
- 13
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The daughter of someone's child.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | granddaughter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #12,984 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “granddaughter” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for granddaughter is 13 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #12,984 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The daughter of someone's child.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for granddaughter, with forms such as "garnddaughter", "ggranddaughter", and "gradndaughter". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From grand- + daughter. The correct English form is granddaughter, spelled G-R-A-N-D-D-A-U-G-H-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1The daughter of someone's child.
Etymology
From grand- + daughter.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: garnddaughter,ggranddaughter,gradndaughter,grandadughter,grandaughter,granddaguhter,granddaugghter,granddaughetr,granddaughhter,granddaughterr,granddaughtre,granddaughtter,granddaugther,granddauhgter,grandduaghter,grannddaughter,grnaddaughter,grranddaughter,rganddaughter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of granddaughter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “granddaughter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-R-A-N-D-D-A-U-G-H-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.