to a hair
/tuː‿ə ˈhɛə/
"to-a-hair" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“to a hair” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To a high degree of precision; with the utmost exactness; to a nicety.
Corpus desk
Index EN-to-a-hair · to a hair · English
to a hair · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | to a hair |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| IPA | /tuː‿ə ˈhɛə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “to a hair” in English
Rare enough to double-check
to a hair is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase, transcribed /tuː‿ə ˈhɛə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To a high degree of precision; with the utmost exactness; to a nicety.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for to a hair in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: A reference to the very small diameter of a strand of hair: compare hair's breadth. The correct English form is to a hair, spelled T-O- -A- -H-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1To a high degree of precision; with the utmost exactness; to a nicety.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how to a hair appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pand[arus]. Youle remember your brothers excuſe? / Par[is]. To a hayre.
As to our own representative, the well-known athlete and international Rugby football player, E. D. Malone, he looks trained to a hair, and as he surveyed the crowd a smile of good-humored contentment pervaded his honest but homely face.
Etymology
A reference to the very small diameter of a strand of hair: compare hair's breadth.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.