shamelessness
"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
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shamelessness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “shamelessness” in English
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
- 1The state or characteristic of being shameless.
- 2An utterance or action which is shameless.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shamelessness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[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.
"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.