Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haight

/heɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables: haight
IPA: /heɪt/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A locality in Beaver County, Alberta, Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A township in Ontonagon County, Michigan, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A street in San Francisco named after California pioneer and exchange banker Henry Haight; a 1960s rallying point for drug culture, especially LSD (hallucinogenic acid).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English hēahþu (“height”), a topographic surname for someone who lived at the top of a hill. Compare Hight.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: hēahþu

Usage

Inflected Forms

Haights (plural)

Phrases

Haight-Ashbury Haight Street

Frequently Paired Words

Haight-Ashbury Haight Street

Homonyms

hate

Rhymes With

great state wait late date rate hate first-rate straight eight create weight

Questions

How do you pronounce haight?: The recorded pronunciation is /heɪt/.
What does haight mean?: A surname from Old English.
Where does haight come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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