shamelessness

noun

"shamelessness" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“shamelessness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - The state or characteristic of being shameless.

Corpus desk

Index EN-shamelessness · shamelessness · English

shamelessness · 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 "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for shamelessness
PropertyValue
Headwordshamelessness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “shamelessness” in English

shamelessnessfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

shamelessness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for shamelessness in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From shameless + -ness. The correct English form is shamelessness, spelled S-H-A-M-E-L-E-S-S-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state or characteristic of being shameless.
  2. 2
    An utterance or action which is shameless.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. [H]e added to all his other shamelessness this, that he offered the patriarch a large sum of money to buy a bishopric of him.
  2. "For instance as to her shamelessness. She was always ready to run half naked about the hills. . . ."

Etymology

From shameless + -ness.

Synonyms

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 "shamelessness"?
"shamelessness" is spelled S-H-A-M-E-L-E-S-S-N-E-S-S.
What does "shamelessness" mean?
As a noun, "shamelessness" means: The state or characteristic of being shameless.
What is the origin of the word "shamelessness"?
From shameless + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list