good-looking
\ˌɡʊd.ˈlʊk.ɪŋ\
The verdict
“good-looking” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beau, joli, attirant, en parlant d’une apparence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-good-looking · good-looking · French
good-looking · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | good-looking |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˌɡʊd.ˈlʊk.ɪŋ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
good-looking is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˌɡʊd.ˈlʊk.ɪŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Beau, joli, attirant, en parlant d’une apparence.".
No misspelling variants are generated for good-looking in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is good-looking, spelled G-O-O-D---L-O-O-K-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Beau, joli, attirant, en parlant d’une apparence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how good-looking appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She was pretty affected, but very good-looking.
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.