bloodless
adjective
bloodless is spelled B-L-O-O-D-L-E-S-S: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, bloodless means “Lacking blood; ashen, anaemic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in bloodless?
| Letters | 9: B-L-O-O-D-L-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,145th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bloodless?
Bloodless appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bloodless?
Bloodless has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bloodless.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bloodless
- more bloodless comparative
- most bloodless superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bloodless mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Lacking blood; ashen, anaemic.
- 2
Taking place without loss of blood.
a bloodless conquest; a bloodless coup d'état; a bloodless revolution; a bloodless victory
- 3
Lacking emotion, passion or vivacity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bloodless in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | blutarm, bleich , unblutig , blutleer |
| Spanish | exangüe , incruento, sin efusión de sangre , exánime |
| Portuguese | incruento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bloodless come from?
From Middle English blodles, from Old English blōdlēas (“bloodless”). Cognate with Dutch bloedeloos (“bloodless”), German blutlos (“bloodless”), Danish blodløs (“bloodless”), Swedish blodlös (“bloodless”), Icelandic blóðlaus (“bloodless”). By surface analysis, blood + -less.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).