shamelessly

Name: shamelessly, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adv

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“shamelessly” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #30,966. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,966
frequency rank, English: 6,566
“S” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a shameless manner; without shame; impudently.

Corpus desk

Index EN-shamelessly · shamelessly · English

shamelessly · rank #30,966 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #30,966
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,566
PHOTO-FINISH sexier

Nearest frequency peer: sexier (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

secreted

69,038
sedation

69,037
sexier

69,036
shamelessly

69,035
Shih

69,034
shithole

69,033

What this shows “shamelessly” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

shamelessly vs shameless

82% similar

shamelessly vs seamlessly

82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for shamelessly
Property	Value
Headword	shamelessly
Language	English
Part of speech	Adverb
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#30,966
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “shamelessly”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).shamelesslylands here:

#30,966

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “sexier” (#30,965), “Shih” (#30,967), “sedation” (#30,964). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “shamelessly” is #30,966. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around shamelessly, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #30,966 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In a shameless manner; without shame; impudently.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for shamelessly, with forms such as "hsamelessly", "sahmelessly", and "shaemlessly". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "shameless", "seamlessly", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From shameless + -ly. The correct English form is shamelessly, spelled S-H-A-M-E-L-E-S-S-L-Y.

Definition

1
In a shameless manner; without shame; impudently.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Bradly served him a handsome allowance, and Podson was at it, even in the process of its being served. He guzzled shamelessly, pushing food into an overstuffed mouth, his eye glazed to all intrusion on a gastric debauch.
Yesterday, I shamelessly blegged people to vote for my son in a Parents magazine cutest kid contest.

Etymology

From shameless + -ly.

This word in other languages

desvergonzadamente(Español)effrontément(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

hsamelessly
sahmelessly
shaemlessly
shameelssly
shameleslsy
shamelesly
shamelesslly
shamelesslyy
shamelessyl
shamellessly
shamelsesly
shamleessly
shammelessly
shhamelessly
shmaelessly
sshamelessly

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shamelessly - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "shamelessly"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shamelessly"?

"shamelessly" is spelled S-H-A-M-E-L-E-S-S-L-Y.

What does "shamelessly" mean?

As an adverb, "shamelessly" means: In a shameless manner; without shame; impudently.

What words are commonly confused with "shamelessly"?

"shamelessly" is commonly confused with "shameless", "seamlessly". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What is the origin of the word "shamelessly"?

From shameless + -ly. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shamelessly", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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