meaningless

/ˈmiːnɪŋləs/

//ˈmiːnɪŋləs// adj

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"meaningless" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“meaningless” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,248. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,248
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lacking meaning.

Corpus desk

Index EN-meaningless · meaningless · English

meaningless · rank #11,248 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,248
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH manually

Nearest frequency peer: manually (-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 “meaningless”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “meaningless” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for meaningless
PropertyValue
Headwordmeaningless
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈmiːnɪŋləs/
Letters11
Frequency rank#11,248
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “meaningless”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).meaninglesslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “manually” (#11,247), “millennium” (#11,249), “misunderstanding” (#11,250). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “meaningless” is #11,248. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around meaningless (IPA /ˈmiːnɪŋləs/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,248 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for meaningless, with forms such as "emaningless", "maeningless", and "meainngless". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From meaning + -less. The correct English form is meaningless, spelled M-E-A-N-I-N-G-L-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lacking meaning.
  2. 2
    Insignificant; not worthy of importance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how meaningless appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The word "gugugu" is meaningless in English.
  2. As the years go by, speech reverts to childhood levels of disfluency, with more pauses, more errors, more repeated words, but even the peak years are not great: up to 8 percent of the average person’s word output consists of meaningless fillers and placeholders like um, uh and er.

Etymology

From meaning + -less.

This word in other languages

insensato(Español)sinnlos(Deutsch)insignificante(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emaningless
  • maeningless
  • meainngless
  • meanignless
  • meaningelss
  • meaninggless
  • meaningles
  • meaninglless
  • meaninglses
  • meaninlgess
  • meaninngless
  • meannigless
  • meanningless
  • menaingless
  • mmeaningless

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of meaningless - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

emaningless2maeningless2meainngless2meanignless2meaningelss2meaninggless1meaningles1meaninglless1
Edit distance from "meaningless"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "meaningless"?
"meaningless" is spelled M-E-A-N-I-N-G-L-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmiːnɪŋləs/.
What does "meaningless" mean?
As an adjective, "meaningless" means: Lacking meaning.
What are common misspellings of "meaningless"?
Common misspellings include "emaningless", "maeningless", "meainngless", "meanignless", "meaningelss". The correct spelling is "meaningless".
How do you pronounce "meaningless"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meaningless" is /ˈmiːnɪŋləs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "meaningless"?
From meaning + -less. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "meaningless", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list