shoeless
adjective
shoeless is spelled S-H-O-E-L-E-S-S: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, shoeless means “Without shoes; not wearing shoes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in shoeless?
| Letters | 8: S-H-O-E-L-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 70,702nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is shoeless?
Shoeless appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What does shoeless mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Without shoes; not wearing shoes
He ran shoeless from the burning house.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shoeless in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense without shoes:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | descalzo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does shoeless come from?
From Middle English sholes, scholes, equivalent to shoe + -less. Compare Dutch schoenloos (“shoeless”), German schuhlos (“shoeless”), Old Norse skólaus (“shoeless”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).