matchless
"matchless" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“matchless” is an uncommon English word, ranked #56,270 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #56,270
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having no match; without equal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | matchless |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,270 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “matchless” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for matchless is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #56,270 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for matchless in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From match + -less, modelled after or partly continuing Middle English makeless (“having no peer or equal, matchless”), equivalent to make + -less. Compare Swedish makalös (“incomparable, matchless”), Danish mageløs (“matchless”). The correct English form is matchless, spelled M-A-T-C-H-L-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Having no match; without equal.
- 2Having no mate.
Etymology
From match + -less, modelled after or partly continuing Middle English makeless (“having no peer or equal, matchless”), equivalent to make + -less. Compare Swedish makalös (“incomparable, matchless”), Danish mageløs (“matchless”).
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 “matchless”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-T-C-H-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.