breastless

adj

"breastless" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“breastless” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Without a breast or breasts; flat-chested.

Corpus desk

Index EN-breastless · breastless · English

breastless · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for breastless
PropertyValue
Headwordbreastless
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “breastless” in English

breastlessfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

breastless is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Without a breast or breasts; flat-chested.".

breastless has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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

Definition

  1. 1
    Without a breast or breasts; flat-chested.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Webster was much possessed by death / And saw the skull beneath the skin; / And breastless creatures under ground / Leaned backward with a lipless grin.
  2. […] she paused by the open staircase window which let in blinds flapping, dogs barking, let in, she thought, feeling herself suddenly shrivelled, aged, breastless, the grinding, blowing, flowering of the day, out of doors, out of the window, out of her body and brain which now failed […]

Etymology

From breast + -less.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "breastless"?
"breastless" is spelled B-R-E-A-S-T-L-E-S-S.
What does "breastless" mean?
As an adjective, "breastless" means: Without a breast or breasts; flat-chested.
What is the origin of the word "breastless"?
From breast + -less. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list