hair spray
noun, verb
hair spray is spelled H-A-I-R-S-P-R-A-Y: 9 letters. As a noun, hair spray means “A usually scented hairstyling product in aerosol form that stiffens the hair, so it stays in a certain hairstyle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hair spray is hair sprays.
How many letters and syllables are in hair spray?
| Letters | 9: H-A-I-R-S-P-R-A-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with hair spray
Also written: hairspray (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of hair spray
- hair sprays plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- hairspray
- hair spraying participle, present
- hair sprayed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hair spray mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A usually scented hairstyling product in aerosol form that stiffens the hair, so it stays in a certain hairstyle.
verb
- 1
To spray with this product.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hair spray in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense hairstyling product that stiffens the hair:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.