braless
"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
- bosporus
bosporus
14,948 corpus weight
- bote
bote
14,947 corpus weight
- Bourgogne
Bourgogne
14,946 corpus weight
- Brailsford
Brailsford
14,944 corpus weight
- braless
braless
14,943 corpus weight
- Bridport
Bridport
14,938 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “braless” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | braless |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “braless” in English
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
- 1Not wearing a bra.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how braless appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To be more comfortable, her sister suggested to going to the store braless under her sweatshirt.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).