# recklessness

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #38,127

## Definitions
1. The state or quality of being reckless or heedless, of taking unnecessary risks.

## Etymology
From Middle English reklesnes, reklesnesse, rekelesnesse (also assibilated as rechelesnes, reccheleesnesse), from Old English rēcelēasnes (“recklessness, carelessness, negligence”), equivalent to reckless + -ness.

## Easily confused with
- **restlessness** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recklessness-vs-restlessness)

## Common misspellings (16)
`ercklessness`, `rceklessness`, `reccklessness`, `reckelssness`, `reckklessness`, `recklesness`, `recklesnsess`, `recklessenss`, `recklessnes`, `recklessnness`, `recklessnses`, `reckllessness`, `recklsesness`, `reclkessness`, `rekclessness`, `rrecklessness`

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