hirsute
/hɚˈsut/adjective, noun
hirsute is spelled H-I-R-S-U-T-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, hirsute means “Covered in hair or bristles; hairy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in hirsute?
| Letters | 7: H-I-R-S-U-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 78,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is hirsute?
Hirsute appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th 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 hirsute?
- UK /həːˈsjuːt/
- UK /həːˈsuːt/
- US /hɚˈsut/
Hirsute 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: En-us-hirsute.ogg, En-us-hirsute-2.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hirsute?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as hirsute from its last stressed vowel (/ut/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of hirsute
- more hirsute comparative
- most hirsute superlative
- hirsutes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hirsute mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Covered in hair or bristles; hairy.
noun
- 1
rareSomeone or something that is hirsute.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hirsute in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense hairy:
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 hirsute come from?
From Latin hirsūtus (“shaggy, hairy”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).