hairnet
/ˈhɛɹˌnɛt/
"hairnet" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hairnet” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A net designed to keep hair up and out of the way, e.g. while cooking.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hairnet · hairnet · English
hairnet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hairnet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɛɹˌnɛt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hairnet” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hairnet is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhɛɹˌnɛt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A net designed to keep hair up and out of the way, e.g. while cooking.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hairnet, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hair + net. Compare Dutch haarnetje, German Haarnetz, Danish hårnet, Swedish hårnät. The correct English form is hairnet, spelled H-A-I-R-N-E-T.
Definition
- 1A net designed to keep hair up and out of the way, e.g. while cooking.
Etymology
From hair + net. Compare Dutch haarnetje, German Haarnetz, Danish hårnet, Swedish hårnät.
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.