hairbrush
"hairbrush" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hairbrush” is uncommon English (frequency #62,945 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,945
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair
Corpus desk
Index EN-hairbrush · hairbrush · English
hairbrush · rank #62,945 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,945
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH hamstrung
Nearest frequency peer: hamstrung (+2 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hairbrush”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- grungy
grungy
37,063 corpus weight
- gunsmith
gunsmith
37,062 corpus weight
- gushes
gushes
37,061 corpus weight
- hairbrush
hairbrush
37,056 corpus weight
- hamstrung
hamstrung
37,054 corpus weight
- handrail
handrail
37,052 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hairbrush” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hairbrush |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,945 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hairbrush” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hairbrush is uncommon English at frequency #62,945 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hairbrush, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hair + brush. The correct English form is hairbrush, spelled H-A-I-R-B-R-U-S-H.
Definition
- 1A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair
Etymology
From hair + brush.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hairbrush", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.