information superhighway
"information-superhighway" is a 23-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“information superhighway” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | information superhighway |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “information superhighway” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for information superhighway is 24 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for information superhighway, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From information + superhighway. The high-speed access to information is likened to fast travel on a superhighway. Early uses competed with information highway and Infobahn. The correct English form is information superhighway, spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N- -S-U-P-E-R-H-I-G-H-W-A-Y.
Definition
- 1The Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s.
Etymology
From information + superhighway. The high-speed access to information is likened to fast travel on a superhighway. Early uses competed with information highway and Infobahn.
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.
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Using “information superhighway”
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- The one correct English spelling is I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N- -S-U-P-E-R-H-I-G-H-W-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.