regardless of
"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 May 6, 2026) - Without attention to; without regard for.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | regardless of |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “regardless of” sits in English frequency
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
- 1Without attention to; without regard for.
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.
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Using “regardless of”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-G-A-R-D-L-E-S-S- -O-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.