hairspring
noun
hairspring is spelled H-A-I-R-S-P-R-I-N-G: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hairspring means “A spring, made of a coil of fine wire, that is used to regulate the movement of a balance wheel in a watch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hairspring is hairsprings.
How many letters and syllables are in hairspring?
| Letters | 10: H-A-I-R-S-P-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 62 million words; the 246,401st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is hairspring?
Hairspring appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st 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 hairspring?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-hairspring.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hairspring
- hairsprings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hairspring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A spring, made of a coil of fine wire, that is used to regulate the movement of a balance wheel in a watch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hairspring in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Spiralfeder, Unruhfeder |
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 hairspring come from?
From hair + spring.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).