highlighting
"highlighting" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“highlighting” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #11,720 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #11,720
- frequency rank, English
- 12
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Causing emphasis, drawing attention; revealing.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | highlighting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #11,720 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “highlighting” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for highlighting is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #11,720 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Causing emphasis, drawing attention; revealing.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for highlighting, with forms such as "hgihlighting", "hhighlighting", and "higghlighting". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is highlighting, spelled H-I-G-H-L-I-G-H-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Causing emphasis, drawing attention; revealing.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hgihlighting,hhighlighting,higghlighting,highhlighting,highilghting,highlgihting,highligghting,highlighhting,highlighitng,highlightign,highlightingg,highlightinng,highlightnig,highlightting,highligthing,highlihgting,highllighting,higlhighting,hihglighting,ihghlighting
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of highlighting - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “highlighting”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-I-G-H-L-I-G-H-T-I-N-G - 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.