countless
count·less/ˈkaʊntləs/determiner, adjective
countless is spelled C-O-U-N-T-L-E-S-S: 9 letters and 2 syllables (count·less). It appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a determiner, countless means “A huge and uncountable number of; too many to count; innumerable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in countless?
| Letters | 9: C-O-U-N-T-L-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: count·less |
| In writing | 9.1 times per million words; the 7,553rd 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 countless?
Countless appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd 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 countless?
- /ˈkaʊntləs/
Countless has 2 syllables, split count·less in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-countless.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does countless mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
determiner
- 1
A huge and uncountable number of; too many to count; innumerable.
There are countless stars in the sky.
adjective
- 1
Synonym of uncountable.
The stars in the sky are countless.
- 2
Too large to be counted to.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Countless in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense too many to count, innumerable:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | incalculable, innombrable, sans nombre |
| German | unzählig, unzählbar, zahllos |
| Portuguese | incontável, inumerável |
| Spanish | incontable, innumerable, sin número, sinnúmero |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.