clothingless

adj

"clothingless" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Without clothing; naked.

Corpus desk

Index EN-clothingless · clothingless · English

clothingless · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 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.

Key facts for clothingless
PropertyValue
Headwordclothingless
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “clothingless” in English

clothinglesssits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

clothingless is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Without clothing; naked.".

clothingless doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From clothing + -less. The correct English form is clothingless, spelled C-L-O-T-H-I-N-G-L-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Without clothing; naked.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Abraham writes asking for a shirt (qamis) because he is clothingless.

Etymology

From clothing + -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 "clothingless"?
"clothingless" is spelled C-L-O-T-H-I-N-G-L-E-S-S.
What does "clothingless" mean?
As an adjective, "clothingless" means: Without clothing; naked.
What is the origin of the word "clothingless"?
From clothing + -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