longhair
"longhair" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“longhair” is uncommon English (frequency #99,512 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,512
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person with hair longer than the norm, especially someone viewed as bohemian, non-conventional or a hippie.
Corpus desk
Index EN-longhair · longhair · English
longhair · rank #99,512 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,512
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH longshoreman
Nearest frequency peer: longshoreman (+2 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “longhair”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Limousin
Limousin
497 corpus weight
- Litvinov
Litvinov
494 corpus weight
- longhair
longhair
489 corpus weight
- longshoreman
longshoreman
487 corpus weight
- loral
loral
486 corpus weight
- lycanthropy
lycanthropy
481 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “longhair” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | longhair |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #99,512 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “longhair” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
longhair is uncommon English at frequency #99,512 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for longhair in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. 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 long + hair. The correct English form is longhair, spelled L-O-N-G-H-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1A person with hair longer than the norm, especially someone viewed as bohemian, non-conventional or a hippie.
- 2A person with a deep interest in the classical arts, especially music.
- 3A person considered to have excessively refined taste for the arts.
- 4A cat with hair longer than the norm.
Etymology
From long + hair.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "longhair", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.