tameless
"tameless" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tameless” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Not tamed; not tamable, unable to be tamed; wild.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tameless · tameless · English
tameless · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tameless |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tameless” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tameless is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not tamed; not tamable, unable to be tamed; wild.".
Zero misspellings are on record for tameless in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tame + -less. The correct English form is tameless, spelled T-A-M-E-L-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Not tamed; not tamable, unable to be tamed; wild.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tameless appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Then seemed it that a tameless hurricane / Arose, and bore me in its dark career / Beyond the sun, beyond the stars that wane / On the verge of formless space […].
[W]hen the guard came to fetch the tameless convict, they found him on his knees in a corner, sobbing like a child.
Etymology
From tame + -less.
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.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.