hitless
"hitless" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hitless” is uncommon English (frequency #90,544 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,544
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Without any successful songs.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hitless |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #90,544 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hitless” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hitless is uncommon English at frequency #90,544 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hitless, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hit + -less. The correct English form is hitless, spelled H-I-T-L-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Without any successful songs.
- 2Having failed to make any base hits over a period of time, usually one game.
- 3Having no hits over a period of time, usually part of one game.
- 4Completed without taking damage (getting hit).
Etymology
From hit + -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.
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Using “hitless”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-I-T-L-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.