great-granddaughter
"great-granddaughter" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“great-granddaughter” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The daughter of someone's grandchild.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | great-granddaughter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “great-granddaughter” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
great-granddaughter is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The daughter of someone's grandchild.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for great-granddaughter, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From great- + granddaughter. The correct English form is great-granddaughter, spelled G-R-E-A-T---G-R-A-N-D-D-A-U-G-H-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1The daughter of someone's grandchild.
Etymology
From great- + granddaughter.
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.
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Using “great-granddaughter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-R-E-A-T---G-R-A-N-D-D-A-U-G-H-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.