Old High German
"old-high-german" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Old High German” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. 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) - The early recorded form of the High German language, spoken from the 8th century to the 11th century.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Old High German |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Old High German” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Old High German is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The early recorded form of the High German language, spoken from the 8th century to the 11th century.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Old High German, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is Old High German, spelled O-L-D- -H-I-G-H- -G-E-R-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1The early recorded form of the High German language, spoken from the 8th century to the 11th century.
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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 “Old High German”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-L-D- -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.