beardless

adj

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"beardless" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“beardless” is uncommon English (frequency #87,061 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,061
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lacking a beard.

Corpus desk

Index EN-beardless · beardless · English

beardless · rank #87,061 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,061
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH bazin

Nearest frequency peer: bazin (-2 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 “beardless”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “beardless” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beardless
PropertyValue
Headwordbeardless
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#87,061
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “beardless” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).beardlessfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “bazin” (#87,059), “beefsteak” (#87,063), “befit” (#87,064). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “beardless” is #87,061. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beardless is uncommon English at frequency #87,061 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

beardless doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English bērdlēs, from Old English beardlēas (“beardless”), from Proto-West Germanic *bardalaus (“beardless”), equivalent to beard + -less. Cognate with Scots berdles (“beardless”), Saterland Frisian boartloos (“beardless”), West Frisian burdleas… The correct English form is beardless, spelled B-E-A-R-D-L-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lacking a beard.
  2. 2
    Not having reached puberty or manhood; youthful.
  3. 3
    Lacking an awn.
  4. 4
    Lacking a beard (a defined patch of feathers below the beak).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how beardless appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A eunuch is a negative creature. A beardless Moslem is contemptuously designated as manless.
  2. Distinctly slender (willowy), quietly fem/androgynous, beardless chap who can wear clothes and speak well is what I'm hoping to find.

Etymology

From Middle English bērdlēs, from Old English beardlēas (“beardless”), from Proto-West Germanic *bardalaus (“beardless”), equivalent to beard + -less. Cognate with Scots berdles (“beardless”), Saterland Frisian boartloos (“beardless”), West Frisian burdleas (“beardless”), Dutch baardeloos (“beardless”), German Low German baartlos (“beardless”), German bartlos (“beardless”).

This word in other languages

imberbe(Español)imberbe(Français)bartlos(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beardless"?
"beardless" is spelled B-E-A-R-D-L-E-S-S.
What does "beardless" mean?
As an adjective, "beardless" means: Lacking a beard.
What is the origin of the word "beardless"?
From Middle English bērdlēs, from Old English beardlēas (“beardless”), from Proto-West Germanic *bardalaus (“beardless”), equivalent to beard + -less. Cognate with Scots berdles (“beardless”), Saterland Frisian boartloos (“beardless”), West Frisia... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "beardless", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

beefsteak#87,063Biddeford#87,072Boothroyd#87,090archrival#87,026

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list