Highschool or High School?

[Mr Greg]

Which version do you think is correct?

One of the commonly used terms in education is “high school,” but many people misspell it as “highschool.”

Further reading: https://www.mrgregenglish.com/high-scho ... s-correct/

[SitangCampus]

Very informative, thanks.
But as far as I know, in Hong Kong and other Commonwealth countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, high schools are called colleges, and in mainland China there are middle schools that include students from ages of 13 to 18. The same are divided into junior high schools or senior high schools in other parts of the country.
Would you clarify that?

[Mr Greg]

I am working in Hong Kong and college is not used here. Secondary school is more commonly used than high school.

In the UK, where I grew up, college and high school are two different things. High school is right after primary and is compulsory.

[driverjumre]

The correct version is "high school" as two separate words. It's a common mistake to spell it as "highschool," but in standard English usage, it should always be two words. To remember this, think about how we refer to similar terms like "middle school" and "elementary school"—both are also two words.

[ericpaulmonroe]

"Highschool" is a misspelling for "high school."

"College" comes from Latin and literally means "with reading": "col" is an allomorph for the conjunction "with" and "lege" comes from "legere", which means to read... gather knowledge... like firewood.

Otherwise, college would be a translation problem from another language or another educational system.

Here are examples from three educational systems:

• day care, pre-school, kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, senior high school, community college, college, university (for undergraduate and graduate studies, doctoral studies)

• nursery, pre-school, kindergarten, primary school, middle school, secondary school, vocational school

• 小学、 中学、 大学: small, middle, big learning institutions

Don't take my word for it. Check out these reference materials:

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/highschool

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/spellc ... highschool

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_stage

[Resichey]

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[saruusa]

Writing "highschool" is a misspelling and is not acceptable in standard writing.