Haarspray

/[ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃpʁeː]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#53,749

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Haarspray is aGermannoun. It means: Spray, mit dem Haare in der gewünschten Form stabilisiert werden können Pronounced [ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃpʁeː].

Key facts for Haarspray
PropertyValue
HeadwordHaarspray
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃpʁeː]
Letters9
Frequency rank#53,749
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Haarspray in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Haarspray is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃpʁeː]. Corpus data places it at rank #53,749 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Spray, mit dem Haare in der gewünschten Form stabilisiert werden können".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Haarspray in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Haarspray, spelled H-A-A-R-S-P-R-A-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Spray, mit dem Haare in der gewünschten Form stabilisiert werden können

Frequency rank: #53,749 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Haarspray"?
"Haarspray" is spelled H-A-A-R-S-P-R-A-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃpʁeː].
What does "Haarspray" mean?
As a noun, "Haarspray" means: Spray, mit dem Haare in der gewünschten Form stabilisiert werden können
How do you pronounce "Haarspray"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Haarspray" is [ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃpʁeː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Haarspray" come from?
"Haarspray" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.