compassionless

adj

"compassionless" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-compassionless · compassionless · English

compassionless · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for compassionless
PropertyValue
Headwordcompassionless
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “compassionless” in English

compassionlesssits 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

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

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for compassionless, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From compassion + -less. The correct English form is compassionless, spelled C-O-M-P-A-S-S-I-O-N-L-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Without compassion; hardhearted.

Etymology

From compassion + -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 "compassionless"?
"compassionless" is spelled C-O-M-P-A-S-S-I-O-N-L-E-S-S.
What does "compassionless" mean?
As an adjective, "compassionless" means: Without compassion; hardhearted.
What is the origin of the word "compassionless"?
From compassion + -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