jobless
"jobless" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jobless” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,210. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,210
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lacking employment.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jobless · jobless · English
jobless · rank #24,210 · 9 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,210
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH jinx
Nearest frequency peer: jinx (-1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “jobless”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- IVF
IVF
75,794 corpus weight
- Jed
Jed
75,793 corpus weight
- jinx
jinx
75,792 corpus weight
- jobless
jobless
75,791 corpus weight
- Joo
Joo
75,789 corpus weight
- jurispruden…
jurisprudence
75,788 corpus weight
What this shows “jobless” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jobless |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,210 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “jobless”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around jobless, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,210 among 796 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for jobless, with forms such as "jboless", "jjobless", and "jobbless". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From job + -less. The correct English form is jobless, spelled J-O-B-L-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Lacking employment.
- 2Having too much time on one's hands; having nothing better to do.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jobless appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a jobless man
The government announced a new initiative to help the jobless.
Etymology
From job + -less.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jboless
- jjobless
- jobbless
- jobelss
- jobles
- joblless
- joblses
- jolbess
- ojbless
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jobless - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jobless", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).