# godless

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɡɒdləs/ · frequency rank #36,584

## Definitions
1. Not acknowledging any deity or god; without belief in any deity or god.
2. Evil, wicked, worldly.

## Etymology
From god + -less. Compare Saterland Frisian godloos (“godless”), West Frisian goddeleas (“godless; wicked”), Dutch goddeloos (“godless; wicked”), German Low German gottlos (“godless”), German gottlos (“godless”), Danish gudløse (“godless”), Swedish gudlös (“godless; ungodly”), Icelandic guðlaus (“godless”), Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (gudalaus, “godless”).

## Easily confused with
- **gutless** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/godless-vs-gutless)
- **goodness** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/godless-vs-goodness)
- **goddess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goddess-vs-godless)
- **goalless** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goalless-vs-godless)

## Common misspellings (9)
`gdoless`, `ggodless`, `goddless`, `godelss`, `godles`, `godlless`, `godlses`, `goldess`, `ogdless`

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