blameless

Name: blameless, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“blameless” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,892. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,892
frequency rank, English: 4,121
“B” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Free from blame; without fault; innocent

Corpus desk

Index EN-blameless · blameless · English

blameless · rank #36,892 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #36,892
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-MID 4,121
PHOTO-FINISH blindfold

Nearest frequency peer: blindfold (+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.

bicentennial

63,113
biff

63,112
blameless

63,109
blindfold

63,107
bobcat

63,106
bock

63,105

What this shows “blameless” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

blameless vs baseless

78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for blameless
Property	Value
Headword	blameless
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#36,892
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “blameless”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).blamelesslands here:

#36,892

#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. Same rarity band neighbours include “blindfold” (#36,894), “biff” (#36,889), “bobcat” (#36,895). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “blameless” is #36,892. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around blameless, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,892 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for blameless, with forms such as "balmeless", "bblameless", and "blaemless". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "baseless", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English blameles, equivalent to blame + -less. The correct English form is blameless, spelled B-L-A-M-E-L-E-S-S.

Definition

1
Free from blame; without fault; innocent
2
Not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

And while American Jews do not hold the left blameless, in the age of Trump, we’re a lot more concerned about right-wing anti-Semitism.
He shall be as now nameles, But he shall not be blameles, Nor he shall not be shameles; For sure he wrought amys, […]

Etymology

From Middle English blameles, equivalent to blame + -less.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

balmeless
bblameless
blaemless
blameelss
blameles
blamelless
blamelses
blamleess
blammeless
bllameless
blmaeless
lbameless

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blameless - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "blameless"

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 "blameless"?

"blameless" is spelled B-L-A-M-E-L-E-S-S.

What does "blameless" mean?

As an adjective, "blameless" means: Free from blame; without fault; innocent

What words are commonly confused with "blameless"?

"blameless" is commonly confused with "baseless". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What is the origin of the word "blameless"?

From Middle English blameles, equivalent to blame + -less. 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 "blameless", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

blindfold#36,894 Byzantium#36,908 Canaveral#36,911 archivist#36,869

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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