comfortless
/ˈkʌmfətləs/
"comfortless" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“comfortless” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of a person: deprived of comfort; uncomforted.
Corpus desk
Index EN-comfortless · comfortless · English
comfortless · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | comfortless |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkʌmfətləs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “comfortless” in English
Rare enough to double-check
comfortless is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkʌmfətləs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for comfortless, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English comfortles; equivalent to comfort + -less. The correct English form is comfortless, spelled C-O-M-F-O-R-T-L-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Of a person: deprived of comfort; uncomforted.
- 2Of a thing: offering no comfort; uncomforting.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how comfortless appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I will nott leave you comfoꝛtleſſe: I will come vnto you.
[W]e beſche thee, leaue vs not comfortles, but ſende to vs thine holy ghoſt to comfort vs, and exalte vs vnto thy ſame place, whither our ſauiour Chriſte is gone before: […]
Etymology
From Middle English comfortles; equivalent to comfort + -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.