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towheaded

adjective

towheaded is spelled T-O-W-H-E-A-D-E-D: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, towheaded means “Having pale blond hair, resembling tow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in towheaded?

Letters9: T-O-W-H-E-A-D-E-D
In writingabout once in every 83 million words; the 290,185th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is towheaded?

Towheaded appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th 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).

Forms of towheaded

  • more towheaded comparative
  • most towheaded superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does towheaded mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Having pale blond hair, resembling tow.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Towheaded in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense Having pale blond hair, resembling tow:

LanguageWords
Frenchblond filasse
Spanishclaro, de pelo claro, de cabello claro, aclarado

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 towheaded come from?

From tow + headed.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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