# hairless vs heiress

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hairless
*adjective · IPA /ˈhɛələs/ · frequency rank #32,838*
Destitute of hair.

### heiress
*noun · IPA /ɛəˈɹɛs/ · frequency rank #26,456*
A woman who has a right of inheritance or who stands to inherit.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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