# painless

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #23,625

## Definitions
1. Free from pain; without pain or trouble.
2. Not difficult; easy.

## Etymology
From Middle English paynles, peynlees, equivalent to pain + -less. Compare West Frisian pynleas (“painless”), Dutch pijnloos (“painless”).

## Easily confused with
- **princess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/painless-vs-princess)
- **painters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/painless-vs-painters)
- **pointless** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/painless-vs-pointless)

## Common misspellings (10)
`apinless`, `pailness`, `painelss`, `painles`, `painlless`, `painlses`, `painnless`, `paniless`, `pianless`, `ppainless`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/painless