matchless
"matchless" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“matchless” is uncommon English (frequency #56,270 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,270
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having no match; without equal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-matchless · matchless · English
matchless · rank #56,270 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,270
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH massager
Nearest frequency peer: massager (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “matchless”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Mancuso
Mancuso
43,735 corpus weight
- mantelpiece
mantelpiece
43,734 corpus weight
- massager
massager
43,732 corpus weight
- matchless
matchless
43,731 corpus weight
- Matterhorn
Matterhorn
43,729 corpus weight
- maxilla
maxilla
43,727 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “matchless” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “matchless” in English
Rare enough to double-check
matchless is uncommon English at frequency #56,270 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how matchless appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[T]he Prince was to declare the victor in the first day's tourney, who should receive as prize a warhorse of exquisite beauty and matchless strength.
It was not his matchless talent that exalted Koufax beyond his greatest contemporaries so much as it was his knowledge that character was not connected to talent.
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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