Golan Heights
"golan-heights" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Golan Heights” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A plateau in Syria straddling the border with (and currently occupied by) Israel.
Corpus desk
Index EN-golan-heights · Golan Heights · English
Golan Heights · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | Golan Heights |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Golan Heights” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Golan Heights is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A plateau in Syria straddling the border with (and currently occupied by) Israel.".
Golan Heights doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is Golan Heights, spelled G-O-L-A-N- -H-E-I-G-H-T-S.
Definition
- 1A plateau in Syria straddling the border with (and currently occupied by) Israel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Golan Heights appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The agreement to disengage forces in the Golan Heights had been an achievement of substational proportions, and my visit was an opportunity to encourage, support, and nurture the new Syrian-American relationship that Kissinger had begun.
This word in other languages
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.