cheerless
"cheerless" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cheerless” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Devoid of cheer; gloomy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cheerless · cheerless · English
cheerless · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cheerless |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cheerless” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cheerless is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Devoid of cheer; gloomy.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cheerless, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cheer + -less. The correct English form is cheerless, spelled C-H-E-E-R-L-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Devoid of cheer; gloomy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cheerless appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I then went on, beginning with the rise and progress of the primitive religions, and coming down to the various religions of the present time, during which time I labored to show Queequeg that all these Lents, Ramadans, and prolonged ham-squattings in cold, cheerless rooms were stark nonsense; […]
Men, women and children work together seven days in the week in these cheerless tenements to make a living for the family, from the break of day till far into the night.
Etymology
From cheer + -less.
Synonyms
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.