haircut
/ˈhɛə(ɹ)kʌt/noun, verb
haircut is spelled H-A-I-R-C-U-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “hair cut vs haircut” about 30 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, haircut means “The act of cutting of the hair, often done professionally by a barber, hair stylist, or beautician” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of haircut is haircuts.
How many letters and syllables are in haircut?
| Letters | 7: H-A-I-R-C-U-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.0 times per million words; the 11,198th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is haircut?
Haircut appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce haircut?
- /ˈhɛə(ɹ)kʌt/
Haircut has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-haircut.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with haircut
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: hair cut (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of haircut
- haircuts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- hair cut
- haircutting participle, present
- haircutted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does haircut mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of cutting of the hair, often done professionally by a barber, hair stylist, or beautician.
- 2
The style into which the hair is cut.
- 3
A partial loss, financially: thus, in a bankruptcy proceeding, the proportional reduction in the debt that will be paid to each creditor (based on an evaluation of the total debt owed and the total assets of the debtor); among investors, the negative return on investment from a losing proposition.
to take a haircut
- 4
The difference between the value of a loan and the value of its collateral.
verb
- 1
To reduce the value assigned to an asset.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Haircut in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | coupe |
| German | Haarschnitt, Haareschneiden , Schuldenschnitt |
| Portuguese | corte |
| Spanish | corte (piloso / capilar), corte de pelo / cabello |
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.
Where does haircut come from?
From hair + cut.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).