headrest
/ˈhɛdˌɹɛst/noun
headrest is spelled H-E-A-D-R-E-S-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, headrest means “The part of a seat designed to support the sitter's head” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of headrest is headrests.
How many letters and syllables are in headrest?
| Letters | 8: H-E-A-D-R-E-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,179th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is headrest?
Headrest appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th 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 headrest?
- /ˈhɛdˌɹɛst/
Headrest 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-headrest.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of headrest
- headrests plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does headrest mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The part of a seat designed to support the sitter's head.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Headrest in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense part of a seat:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | appui-tête, repose-tête |
| German | Kopflehne, Kopfstütze, Kopfauflage, Kopfstütze des Dentalstuhls, Kopfstütze mit Backen |
| Spanish | reposacabezas, apoyacabeza, apoyanuca |
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 headrest come from?
From head + rest.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).