# shameless

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ʃeɪmlɪs/ · frequency rank #17,483

## Definitions
1. Having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest, brazen; unable to feel disgrace.
2. Not subject to other people’s shaming or reproach.

## Etymology
From Middle English shameles, shamelees, schameles, schomeles, schomeleas, from Old English sċamlēas, sċeamlēas (“without shame; shameless”), from Proto-Germanic *skamalausaz (“shameless”), equivalent to shame + -less. Cognate with West Frisian skamteleas (“shameless”), Dutch schaamteloos (“shameless”), German schamlos (“shameless”), Danish skamløs (“shameless”), Swedish skamlös (“shameless”), Icelandic skammlaus (“shameless; unashamed”).

## Easily confused with
- **stateless** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shameless-vs-stateless)
- **shamelessly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shameless-vs-shamelessly)
- **seamless** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seamless-vs-shameless)
- **shambles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shambles-vs-shameless)

## Common misspellings (12)
`hsameless`, `sahmeless`, `shaemless`, `shameelss`, `shameles`, `shamelless`, `shamelses`, `shamleess`, `shammeless`, `shhameless`, `shmaeless`, `sshameless`

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