hair loss
"hair-loss" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hair loss” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Loss of hair from the head or body due to a medical condition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hair loss |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hair loss” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hair loss is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Loss of hair from the head or body due to a medical condition.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hair loss, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: hair + loss. Piecewise doublet of hairless. The correct English form is hair loss, spelled H-A-I-R- -L-O-S-S.
Definition
- 1Loss of hair from the head or body due to a medical condition.
Etymology
hair + loss. Piecewise doublet of hairless.
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.
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Using “hair loss”
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- The one correct English spelling is H-A-I-R- -L-O-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.