Which to use
“shameless” and “stateless” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,483
- “shameless” frequency rank
- #35,095
- “stateless” frequency rank
- 52578
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shameless | stateless |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest, brazen; unable to feel disgrace. | Of a system or protocol, such that it does not keep a persistent state between transactions. |
Letter map: shameless vs stateless
Shared letters muted; letters that set shameless and stateless apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Corpus notes: shameless and stateless
shameless and stateless are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52578, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shameless is recorded at frequency rank #17,483, classified as anadj, pronounced /ʃeɪmlɪs/. stateless is at rank #35,095, tagged as anadj.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 52578, this pair ranks #155,878 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of shameless vs stateless
Shared letters: aels. Private to "shameless": hm. Private to "stateless": t.
"shameless" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCC · "stateless" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "shameless" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stateless" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #155,878 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shameless" and "stateless" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "shameless vs shamelessly". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #155,878 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.