sinless

/ˈsɪnləs/

//ˈsɪnləs// adj

"sinless" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sinless” is uncommon English (frequency #70,259 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,259
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Without sin; never having sinned.

Corpus desk

Index EN-sinless · sinless · English

sinless · rank #70,259 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,259
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH singalong

Nearest frequency peer: singalong (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “sinless”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “sinless” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sinless
PropertyValue
Headwordsinless
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈsɪnləs/
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,259
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “sinless” in English

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).sinlessfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “singalong” (#70,258), “slapper” (#70,260), “slowpoke” (#70,262). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “sinless” is #70,259. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sinless is uncommon English at frequency #70,259 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsɪnləs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Without sin; never having sinned.".

No misspelling variants are generated for sinless in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English synneles, senneles, from Old English synlēas (“without sin; sinless”), equivalent to sin + -less. Compare Dutch zondeloos (“sinless”), German Low German sündelos, sündlos (“sinless”), German sündenlos (“sinless”), Icelandic syndlaus (“si… The correct English form is sinless, spelled S-I-N-L-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Without sin; never having sinned.

Etymology

From Middle English synneles, senneles, from Old English synlēas (“without sin; sinless”), equivalent to sin + -less. Compare Dutch zondeloos (“sinless”), German Low German sündelos, sündlos (“sinless”), German sündenlos (“sinless”), Icelandic syndlaus (“sinless”).

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); 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 "sinless"?
"sinless" is spelled S-I-N-L-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsɪnləs/.
What does "sinless" mean?
As an adjective, "sinless" means: Without sin; never having sinned.
How do you pronounce "sinless"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sinless" is /ˈsɪnləs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "sinless"?
From Middle English synneles, senneles, from Old English synlēas (“without sin; sinless”), equivalent to sin + -less. Compare Dutch zondeloos (“sinless”), German Low German sündelos, sündlos (“sinless”), German sündenlos (“sinless”), Icelandic syn... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list