Which to use
“Highlight” is a noun and “highlights” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,932
- “Highlight” frequency rank
- #8,880
- “highlights” frequency rank
- 15812
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Highlight | highlights |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | wichtiges, besonderes Ereignis/Detail | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs highlight |
Letter map: Highlight vs highlights
Shared letters muted; letters that set Highlight and highlights apart highlighted. Shared run: 9.
Part-of-speech tell for Highlight / highlights
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Highlight is anoun and highlightsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Highlight” sits inside “highlights”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15812, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Highlight is recorded at frequency rank #6,932, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈhaɪ̯laɪ̯t]. highlights is at rank #8,880, tagged as averb, pronounced […].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 15812, this pair ranks #1,940,940 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Highlight vs highlights
Shared letters: ghilt. Private to "Highlight": -. Private to "highlights": s.
"Highlight" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCCC · "highlights" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Highlight ← hgihlight · hhighlight · higghlight · highhlight · highilght · highlgiht · highligght · highlighht
- highlights ← hgihlights · hhighlights · higghlights · highhlights · highilghts · highlgihts · highligghts · highlighhts
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Highlight" and "highlights" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "Highlight" or "highlights" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "Highlight" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "highlights" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,940,940 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Highlight" and "highlights" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "highlights vs puzzles". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,940,940 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.