highline
/ˈhaɪˌlaɪn/
"highline" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“highline” is uncommon English (frequency #70,743 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,743
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An elevated slackline; a slackline which is mounted across a deep drop; a slackline that is strung up high.
Corpus desk
Index EN-highline · highline · English
highline · rank #70,743 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,743
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hesiod
Nearest frequency peer: Hesiod (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “highline”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Hesiod
Hesiod
29,259 corpus weight
- highline
highline
29,258 corpus weight
- hird
hird
29,255 corpus weight
- histidine
histidine
29,254 corpus weight
- hoar
hoar
29,253 corpus weight
- hoeing
hoeing
29,252 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “highline” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | highline |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhaɪˌlaɪn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #70,743 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “highline” in English
Rare enough to double-check
highline is uncommon English at frequency #70,743 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhaɪˌlaɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An elevated slackline; a slackline which is mounted across a deep drop; a slackline that is strung up high.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for highline, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From high + line. The correct English form is highline, spelled H-I-G-H-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1An elevated slackline; a slackline which is mounted across a deep drop; a slackline that is strung up high.
Etymology
From high + line.
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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