nailhead
noun
nailhead is a noun meaning “The head of a nail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled N-A-I-L-H-E-A-D, and it appears about once in every 69 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of nailhead is nailheads.
What does nailhead mean?
noun
- 1
The head of a nail.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of nailhead
- nailheads plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is nailhead?
Nailhead appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd 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).
Nailhead in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the head of a nail:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Nagelkopf |
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 nailhead come from?
From nail + head.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).