high-tech
/haɪ tɛk/
"high-tech" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“high-tech” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of hi-tech.
Corpus desk
Index EN-high-tech · high-tech · English
high-tech · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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-tech |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /haɪ tɛk/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “high-tech” in English
Rare enough to double-check
high-tech is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /haɪ tɛk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of hi-tech.".
Zero misspellings are on record for high-tech in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is high-tech, spelled H-I-G-H---T-E-C-H.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of hi-tech.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how high-tech appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Automat, whose gleaming chrome-and-glass machines brought high-tech eating to a low-tech era, has gulped down its last coin and served up its last helping of macaroni, baked beans and kaiser rolls.
The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.
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.