# redhead

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɛdˌhɛd/ · frequency rank #21,634

## Definitions
1. A person with red hair.
2. A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird.
3. A kind of milkweed (Asclepia curassavica), with red flowers, formerly used in medicine.
4. Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)
5. Red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps).
6. Red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus).
7. Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus).
8. Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus).
9. A kind of 800-watt lamp.

## Etymology
Bahuvrihi compound of red + head.

## Easily confused with
- **reread** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redhead-vs-reread)
- **reheat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redhead-vs-reheat)

## Common misspellings (10)
`erdhead`, `rdehead`, `reddhead`, `redehad`, `redhaed`, `redheadd`, `redheda`, `redhhead`, `rehdead`, `rredhead`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/redhead