gearless
gear·less/ˈɡɪɹləs/adjective
gearless is spelled G-E-A-R-L-E-S-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables (gear·less). It appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, gearless means “Without gears” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in gearless?
| Letters | 8: G-E-A-R-L-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: gear·less |
| In writing | about once in every 37 million words; the 187,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is gearless?
Gearless appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd 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 gearless?
- US /ˈɡɪɹləs/
- UK /ˈɡɪələs/
- /ˈɡiːɹləs/
Gearless has 2 syllables, split gear·less in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with gearless?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gearless from its last stressed vowel (/ɪɹləs/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: largesse, eelgrass.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does gearless mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Without gears.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gearless come from?
From gear + -less.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).