heedless
/ˈhiːdləs/
"heedless" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“heedless” is uncommon English (frequency #83,329 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,329
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unaware; without noticing; careless; inattentive.
Corpus desk
Index EN-heedless · heedless · English
heedless · rank #83,329 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,329
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH helicobacter
Nearest frequency peer: helicobacter (+2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “heedless”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- harmonically
harmonically
16,677 corpus weight
- heedless
heedless
16,672 corpus weight
- helicobacter
helicobacter
16,670 corpus weight
- hendy
hendy
16,667 corpus weight
- herby
herby
16,666 corpus weight
- herdsman
herdsman
16,665 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “heedless” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heedless |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈhiːdləs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #83,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “heedless” in English
Rare enough to double-check
heedless is uncommon English at frequency #83,329 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈhiːdləs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unaware; without noticing; careless; inattentive.".
heedless has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From heed + -less. The correct English form is heedless, spelled H-E-E-D-L-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Unaware; without noticing; careless; inattentive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heedless appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sing we joyous, all together, heedless of the wind and weather.
Brutes […] / Ruminate heedleſs of the ſcene outſpread / Beneath, beyond, and ſtretching far away / From inland regions to the diſtant main.
Etymology
From heed + -less.
This word in other languages
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.
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