Highlands
[ˈhaɪ̯ˌləndz]
The verdict
“Highlands” is uncommon German (frequency #56,214 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,214
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - höher gelegenes Gebiet im Nordwesten Schottlands
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Highlands |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯ˌləndz] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Highlands” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Highlands is uncommon German at frequency #56,214 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯ˌləndz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "höher gelegenes Gebiet im Nordwesten Schottlands".
Highlands doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Highlands, spelled H-I-G-H-L-A-N-D-S.
Definition
- 1höher gelegenes Gebiet im Nordwesten Schottlands
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Highlands”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-I-G-H-L-A-N-D-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhaɪ̯ˌləndz] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.