# hopeless

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈhəʊplɪs/ · frequency rank #11,042

## Definitions
1. Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
3. Without talent, not skilled.
4. Incurable.

## Etymology
From hope + -less, compare Swedish hopplös.

## Easily confused with
- **hopelessly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hopeless-vs-hopelessly)
- **hapless** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hapless-vs-hopeless)
- **homeless** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homeless-vs-hopeless)

## Common misspellings (10)
`hhopeless`, `hoepless`, `hopeelss`, `hopeles`, `hopelless`, `hopelses`, `hopleess`, `hoppeless`, `hpoeless`, `ohpeless`

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