Heighth

What is Heighth?


1.

This is not a word, even though everyone in southern California uses it. The correct word is "Height." Don't combine width and height into heighth. That's just wrong. I will stab you in the eye.

Measure the heighth and width of that board, and then cut it up into little pieces that fit inside my mouth.

See width, length, eighth, wrong

2.

Instead of saying 'height', a few people use this 'word'.

Firpo: What is the heighth of this building? It's gotta be close to the record.

Morris: I don't think that I'd be going out on a limb by saying that 'heighth' isn't in any dictionaries.

3.

Old English for 'Height', sometimes spelled 'highth'.

“Pip, I wish you ever well and ever prospering to a greater and a greater heighth” -Charles Dickens "Great Expectations"

See width, length, old english

4.

archaic, awkward sounding, yet still correct from of the word "height." Formed by adding the "-th" suffix onto the word "high." Formerly spelled "highth."

People who think they're smart by correcting people who say, "heighth" end up sounding stupid when they realize that "heighth" is an acceptable pronunciation.

See heighth, high, width, length


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