great-grandson
"great-grandson" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“great-grandson” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A son of a grandchild.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | great-grandson |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “great-grandson” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
great-grandson is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A son of a grandchild.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for great-grandson, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From great- + grandson. The correct English form is great-grandson, spelled G-R-E-A-T---G-R-A-N-D-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1A son of a grandchild.
Etymology
From great- + grandson.
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-grandson”
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-S-O-N - 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.