grey-haired
"grey-haired" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“grey-haired” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having grey hair.
Corpus desk
Index EN-grey-haired · grey-haired · English
grey-haired · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grey-haired |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “grey-haired” in English
Rare enough to double-check
grey-haired is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
grey-haired has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From grey + haired. The correct English form is grey-haired, spelled G-R-E-Y---H-A-I-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having grey hair.
- 2Old, wise, experienced.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how grey-haired appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Now, I'm a grey-haired git with a sense of arrogance born of surviving this long in RAIL.
Etymology
From grey + haired.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.