# whitehead

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #24,358

## Definitions
1. A type of comedo, manifesting as a small whitish bump of the skin due to retention of sebum and dead skin cells in a skin pore blocked by a thin layer of epithelium.
2. A species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand (Mohoua albicilla).
3. The blue-winged snow goose, Anser caerulescens caerulescens.
4. The surf scoter duck.
5. A domestic pigeon of a particular breed; a white-tailed monk.

## Etymology
From white + head.

## Common misspellings (13)
`hwitehead`, `whhitehead`, `whiethead`, `whiteehad`, `whitehaed`, `whiteheadd`, `whiteheda`, `whitehhead`, `whitheead`, `whittehead`, `whtiehead`, `wihtehead`, `wwhitehead`

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