contentless
/ˈkɑn.tɛnt.lɪs/adjective
contentless is spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T-L-E-S-S: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, contentless means “Lacking content” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in contentless?
| Letters | 11: C-O-N-T-E-N-T-L-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 91 million words; the 305,310th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is contentless?
Contentless appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce contentless?
- UK /ˈkɒn.tɛnt.lɪs/
- US /ˈkɑn.tɛnt.lɪs/
As an adjective (“Discontented; dissatisfied”): /kənˈtɛnt.lɪs/.
Contentless has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-contentless.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-contentless2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of contentless
- more contentless comparative
- most contentless superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does contentless mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Lacking content.
a beautiful but essentially contentless book
- 2
Discontented; dissatisfied.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does contentless come from?
From content (“subject matter”) + -less.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).