featureless
/ˈfi.t͡ʃɚ.ləs/
"featureless" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“featureless” is uncommon English (frequency #55,431 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,431
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Without distinguishing features.
Corpus desk
Index EN-featureless · featureless · English
featureless · rank #55,431 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,431
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,613
- PHOTO-FINISH fearlessness
Nearest frequency peer: fearlessness (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “featureless”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fansite
fansite
44,575 corpus weight
- fearlessness
fearlessness
44,571 corpus weight
- featureless
featureless
44,570 corpus weight
- ferociously
ferociously
44,568 corpus weight
- fiendish
fiendish
44,566 corpus weight
- fila
fila
44,565 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “featureless” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | featureless |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfi.t͡ʃɚ.ləs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #55,431 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “featureless” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
featureless is uncommon English at frequency #55,431 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈfi.t͡ʃɚ.ləs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Without distinguishing features.".
featureless has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From feature + -less. The correct English form is featureless, spelled F-E-A-T-U-R-E-L-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Without distinguishing features.
Etymology
From feature + -less.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "featureless", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.