mirthless
/ˈmɝθləs/
"mirthless" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mirthless” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mirthless · mirthless · English
mirthless · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mirthless |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmɝθləs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mirthless” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mirthless is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈmɝθləs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mirthless in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English myrtheles, equivalent to mirth + -less. The correct English form is mirthless, spelled M-I-R-T-H-L-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Lacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mirthless appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms: hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal...
In life, David Lodge was surprisingly mirthless. Luckily, his wife was a hoot [title]
Etymology
From Middle English myrtheles, equivalent to mirth + -less.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.