hairslide

noun

"hairslide" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“hairslide” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A clip that is used to keep a woman's hair in position.

Corpus desk

Index EN-hairslide · hairslide · English

hairslide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for hairslide
PropertyValue
Headwordhairslide
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “hairslide” in English

hairslidesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hairslide is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A clip that is used to keep a woman's hair in position.".

No misspelling variants are generated for hairslide in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From hair + slide. The correct English form is hairslide, spelled H-A-I-R-S-L-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A clip that is used to keep a woman's hair in position.

Etymology

From hair + slide.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hairslide"?
"hairslide" is spelled H-A-I-R-S-L-I-D-E.
What does "hairslide" mean?
As a noun, "hairslide" means: A clip that is used to keep a woman's hair in position.
What is the origin of the word "hairslide"?
From hair + slide. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list