high priest
"high-priest" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“high priest” 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 September 3, 2026) - A clergyman with a higher function than a normal priest.
Corpus desk
Index EN-high-priest · high priest · English
high priest · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | high priest |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “high priest” in English
Rare enough to double-check
high priest is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for high priest, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is high priest, spelled H-I-G-H- -P-R-I-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1A clergyman with a higher function than a normal priest.
- 2In the Bible, the male individual who was responsible for making the annual sacrifice on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur); always a descendant of Aaron, the older brother of Moses. See Kohen Gadol.
- 3Jesus Christ.
- 4The second-lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.
- 5A person holding a position of power or influence; an authority in a field of study, doctrine, art or a movement.
- 6A second or third degree male witch in Wicca.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how high priest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jake was ordained a high priest when he was called to be a counselor in a bishopric.
The global economic collapse of 2007-2008 discredited “rational expectations” economics (though its high priests have yet to recognize this) and brought both Keynes and Hayek back into posthumous contention.
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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.