# faithless

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #42,128

## Definitions
1. Lacking faith; lacking belief in something.
2. Not believing in God, religion, or a comparable ideology.
3. Unfaithful (said of people, towards their partners)
4. Not observant of promises or covenants.
5. Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows
6. Serving to disappoint or deceive

## Etymology
From Middle English feithles, equivalent to faith + -less.

## Common misspellings (12)
`afithless`, `faihtless`, `faithelss`, `faithhless`, `faithles`, `faithlless`, `faithlses`, `faitlhess`, `faitthless`, `fatihless`, `ffaithless`, `fiathless`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/faithless