# stepdaughter

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #38,180

## Definitions
1. The daughter of one's spouse from a previous relationship.

## Etymology
From Middle English stepdoughter, stepdoghter, steopdohter, from Old English stēopdohtor (“stepdaughter”), from Proto-Germanic *steupaduhtēr (“stepdaughter”), equivalent to step- + daughter.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stäifdochter (“stepdaughter”), West Frisian styfdochter (“stepdaughter”), Dutch stiefdochter (“stepdaughter”), German Low German Steevdochter (“stepdaughter”), German Stieftochter (“stepdaughter”), Danish steddatter (“stepdaughter”), Swedish styvdotter (“stepdaughter”), Icelandic stjúpdóttir (“stepdaughter”).

## Common misspellings (19)
`setpdaughter`, `sstepdaughter`, `stedpaughter`, `stepadughter`, `stepdaguhter`, `stepdaugghter`, `stepdaughetr`, `stepdaughhter`, `stepdaughterr`, `stepdaughtre`, `stepdaughtter`, `stepdaugther`, `stepdauhgter`, `stepddaughter`, `stepduaghter`, `steppdaughter`, `stpedaughter`, `sttepdaughter`, `tsepdaughter`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stepdaughter