braless

adj

"braless" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“braless” is uncommon English (frequency #85,058 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,058
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not wearing a bra.

Corpus desk

Index EN-braless · braless · English

braless · rank #85,058 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,058
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH Brailsford

Nearest frequency peer: Brailsford (-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 “braless”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for braless
PropertyValue
Headwordbraless
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#85,058
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “braless” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).bralessfalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Brailsford” (#85,057), “Bourgogne” (#85,055), “bote” (#85,054). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “braless” is #85,058. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

braless is uncommon English at frequency #85,058 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not wearing a bra.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for braless in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From bra + -less. The correct English form is braless, spelled B-R-A-L-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Not wearing a bra.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. To be more comfortable, her sister suggested to going to the store braless under her sweatshirt.
  2. I find bras totally uncomfortable, hot and itchy, for both work and leisure. But looking around, I seem to be in the minority. What are the rules for going braless? Is it OK to show my nips, or is it rude?

Etymology

From bra + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "braless"?
"braless" is spelled B-R-A-L-E-S-S.
What does "braless" mean?
As an adjective, "braless" means: Not wearing a bra.
What is the origin of the word "braless"?
From bra + -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 "braless", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list