tailless
adjective
tailless is an adjective meaning “Without a tail; not having a tail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-A-I-L-L-E-S-S, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does tailless mean?
adjective
- 1
Without a tail; not having a tail.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is tailless?
Tailless appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th 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).
Tailless in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense without a tail:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | anoure |
| German | schwanzlos |
| Portuguese | acaudado |
| Spanish | rabón, chingo, jolín, jolino, cuto, choco |
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 tailless come from?
From Middle English tailles, equivalent to tail + -less.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).