heights
/haɪts/noun
heights is spelled H-E-I-G-H-T-S: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,679th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, heights means “A neighborhood or other development built on a hill or mountain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in heights?
| Letters | 7: H-E-I-G-H-T-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 14 times per million words; the 5,679th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is heights?
Heights appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,679th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce heights?
- /haɪts/
Heights has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-heights.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does heights mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A neighborhood or other development built on a hill or mountain.
- 2
plural of height
noun
- 1
Alternative form of heights.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate heights?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of heights: hts..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).