New High German
"new-high-german" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“New High German” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or relating to New High German.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | New High German |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “New High German” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
New High German is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or relating to New High German.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for New High German, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 New High German, spelled N-E-W- -H-I-G-H- -G-E-R-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to New High German.
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 “New High German”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-E-W- -H-I-G-H- -G-E-R-M-A-N - 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.