airless
/ˈɛə.ləs/
"airless" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“airless” is uncommon English (frequency #65,679 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,679
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lacking or being without air.
Corpus desk
Index EN-airless · airless · English
airless · rank #65,679 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,679
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH airhead
Nearest frequency peer: airhead (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “airless”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- aioli
aioli
34,324 corpus weight
- airhead
airhead
34,323 corpus weight
- airless
airless
34,322 corpus weight
- airworthine…
airworthiness
34,321 corpus weight
- Akiko
Akiko
34,320 corpus weight
- aldehydes
aldehydes
34,319 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “airless” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | airless |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɛə.ləs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,679 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “airless” in English
Rare enough to double-check
airless is uncommon English at frequency #65,679 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɛə.ləs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for airless, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From air + -less. The correct English form is airless, spelled A-I-R-L-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Lacking or being without air.
- 2Lacking air circulation.
- 3With air that is stale.
- 4Suffering from asphyxia.
- 5Stifling; dead; lacking vitality or excitement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how airless appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.
The worst that can—and has—been said about Memento is that it’s an airless gimmick, visually undistinguished, and not even all that sophisticated when the puzzle pieces are finally put together.
Etymology
From air + -less.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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