highlights

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The verdict

“highlights” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,880. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,880
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs highlight

Corpus desk

Index DE-highlights · highlights · German

highlights · rank #8,880 · 17 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,880
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Heilung

Nearest frequency peer: Heilung (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „highlights“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „highlights“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

highlights vs of
0% similar
highlights vs ii
20% similar
highlights vs TO
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for highlights
PropertyValue
Headwordhighlights
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#8,880
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „highlights“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.highlightsliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Heilung“ (#8,879), „Holger“ (#8,881), „heidi“ (#8,878). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „highlights“ bei #8,880. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around highlights (IPA […]), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,880 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs highlight".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for highlights, with forms such as "hgihlights", "hhighlights", and "higghlights". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "of", "ii", "TO", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is highlights, spelled H-I-G-H-L-I-G-H-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs highlight

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hgihlights
  • hhighlights
  • higghlights
  • highhlights
  • highilghts
  • highlgihts
  • highligghts
  • highlighhts
  • highlighst
  • highlightss
  • highlightts
  • highligths
  • highlihgts
  • highllights
  • higlhights
  • hihglights
  • ihghlights

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of highlights - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hgihlights2hhighlights1higghlights1highhlights1highilghts2highlgihts2highligghts1highlighhts1
Edit distance from "highlights"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "highlights"?
"highlights" is spelled H-I-G-H-L-I-G-H-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "highlights" mean?
As a verb, "highlights" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs highlight
What words are commonly confused with "highlights"?
"highlights" is commonly confused with "of", "ii", "TO". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "highlights"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "highlights" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "highlights" come from?
"highlights" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "highlights", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Individuen#8,883Ingenieure#8,884Kontrollen#8,898königliche#8,902

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

freundliche17 variantsmusikalisch17 variantschristlich17 variantsbeigebracht17 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list