“Height” or “Hight”—Which to use?

“Height” or “Hight”

Overview

height / hight are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term. 👇

Definitions

height: (noun) the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top.

hight: NA

Pronunciation

height: hh·AY·t

hight: hh·AY·t

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Examples in Context

Examples of “height”

…Monterey Pop Festival at the height of The Summer of Love.
…that one dials in the height of the object.
At their height, there may have been over…
…Bokoni population at the society's height to be somewhere in the…
…well over 2 meters in height.
He arrived at the height of swinging London with Cream…
…shrub which may reach in height and bears small pomes about
…a beam of , a height of , and a draught…
…in Russia is at its height.
…by the back knife for height to paper (.918") and then…

Examples of “hight”

…of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families by David Webster Hoyt…
That Raggland hight, stands moted almost round

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