High German
"high-german" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“High German” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A native or inhabitant of the southern highlands of Germany; a High German speaker.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | High German |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “High German” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
High German is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for High German, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of German Hochdeutsch. The correct English form is High German, spelled H-I-G-H- -G-E-R-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1A native or inhabitant of the southern highlands of Germany; a High German speaker.
- 2Any of a group of West Germanic languages or dialects spoken in the southern highlands of Germany.
- 3The standard variety of High German as spoken and written throughout the German language area.
Etymology
Calque of German Hochdeutsch.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “High German”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-I-G-H- -G-E-R-M-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.