tireless

adj

"tireless" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“tireless” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,678. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,678
frequency rank, English
27,828
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Indefatigable, untiring and not yielding to fatigue

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

tireless vs tirelessly
80% similar
tireless vs timeless
88% similar
tireless vs tiredness
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for tireless
PropertyValue
Headwordtireless
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#27,678
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tireless” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). tireless lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around tireless, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,678 among 27,828 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Indefatigable, untiring and not yielding to fatigue".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for tireless, with forms such as "itreless", "tierless", and "tireelss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "tirelessly", "timeless", "tiredness", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From tire (“to become sleepy or weary”) + -less The correct English form is tireless, spelled T-I-R-E-L-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Indefatigable, untiring and not yielding to fatigue

Etymology

From tire (“to become sleepy or weary”) + -less

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: itreless,tierless,tireelss,tireles,tirelless,tirelses,tirleess,tirreless,trieless,ttireless

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tireless - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

itreless2tierless2tireelss2tireles1tirelless1tirelses2tirleess2tirreless1
Edit distance from "tireless"

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 "tireless"?
"tireless" is spelled T-I-R-E-L-E-S-S.
What does "tireless" mean?
As an adjective, "tireless" means: Indefatigable, untiring and not yielding to fatigue
What words are commonly confused with "tireless"?
"tireless" is commonly confused with "tirelessly", "timeless", "tiredness". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "tireless"?
From tire (“to become sleepy or weary”) + -less See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “tireless”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is T-I-R-E-L-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “tirelessly” - see the side-by-side comparison. tireless vs tirelessly
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list