hairdresser
"hairdresser" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hairdresser” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #23,291 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,291
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who cuts or styles hair as an occupation or profession.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hairdresser |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #23,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hairdresser” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for hairdresser is 11 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #23,291 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A person who cuts or styles hair as an occupation or profession.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for hairdresser, with forms such as "ahirdresser", "haidrresser", and "hairddresser". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hair + dress + -er. The correct English form is hairdresser, spelled H-A-I-R-D-R-E-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who cuts or styles hair as an occupation or profession.
Etymology
From hair + dress + -er.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ahirdresser,haidrresser,hairddresser,hairdersser,hairdreser,hairdresesr,hairdresserr,hairdressre,hairdrresser,hairdrseser,hairrdesser,hairrdresser,haridresser,hhairdresser,hiardresser
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hairdresser - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “hairdresser”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-A-I-R-D-R-E-S-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.