thoughtlessly
/ˈθɔt.lɪs.li/
"thoughtlessly" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thoughtlessly” is uncommon English (frequency #80,045 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,045
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Done without thinking.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thoughtlessly · thoughtlessly · English
thoughtlessly · rank #80,045 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,045
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Throckmorton
Nearest frequency peer: Throckmorton (+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 “thoughtlessly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- TDA
TDA
19,964 corpus weight
- Tellus
Tellus
19,963 corpus weight
- thoughtless…
thoughtlessly
19,956 corpus weight
- Throckmorton
Throckmorton
19,955 corpus weight
- timelessness
timelessness
19,953 corpus weight
- totter
totter
19,948 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “thoughtlessly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thoughtlessly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈθɔt.lɪs.li/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #80,045 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “thoughtlessly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
thoughtlessly is uncommon English at frequency #80,045 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈθɔt.lɪs.li/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Done without thinking.".
thoughtlessly has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From thoughtless + -ly. The correct English form is thoughtlessly, spelled T-H-O-U-G-H-T-L-E-S-S-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Done without thinking.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thoughtlessly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He thoughtlessly invited her to come jogging, as he knew she hated exercise.
The railway ran through the resort's narrow streets up to Weymouth Quay station, with thoughtlessly parked vehicles sometimes having to be bumped out of the way.
Etymology
From thoughtless + -ly.
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.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).