regardless of

prep

"regardless-of" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“regardless of” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Without attention to; without regard for.

Corpus desk

Index EN-regardless-of · regardless of · English

regardless of · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" 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.

Key facts for regardless of
PropertyValue
Headwordregardless of
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechPreposition
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “regardless of” in English

regardless ofsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

regardless of is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Without attention to; without regard for.".

regardless of has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is regardless of, spelled R-E-G-A-R-D-L-E-S-S- -O-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Without attention to; without regard for.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. He smoked cigars regardless of the consequences.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "regardless of"?
"regardless of" is spelled R-E-G-A-R-D-L-E-S-S- -O-F.
What does "regardless of" mean?
As a preposition, "regardless of" means: Without attention to; without regard for.
What language does "regardless of" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list