high tide
"high-tide" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“high tide” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - The natural tide at its highest level for a particular tidal cycle at a certain place.
Corpus desk
Index EN-high-tide · high tide · English
high tide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 tide |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “high tide” in English
Rare enough to double-check
high tide is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for high tide in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is high tide, spelled H-I-G-H- -T-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1The natural tide at its highest level for a particular tidal cycle at a certain place.
- 2The time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level.
- 3A climax, culminating point or phase.
- 4Synonym of menstruation.
- 5A great festival.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how high tide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Do you not like Aunt Irma? I've got an aunt like that. It's my term for... my time of the month. What time of the month? The weekend? No... you know, it... it's high tide. But we're not on the coast.
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.