year-old
"year-old" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“year-old” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of the age of one year.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | year-old |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “year-old” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
year-old is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of the age of one year.".
No misspelling variants are generated for year-old in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: The combining form -year-old dates from Middle English (ȝeer old(e), yeer old(e), yere old(e)). The correct English form is year-old, spelled Y-E-A-R---O-L-D.
Definition
- 1Of the age of one year.
Etymology
The combining form -year-old dates from Middle English (ȝeer old(e), yeer old(e), yere old(e)).
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 “year-old”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Y-E-A-R---O-L-D - 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.