# toothless

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈtuθləs/ · frequency rank #30,625

## Definitions
1. Having no teeth.
2. Weak; having no ability to enforce something.

## Etymology
From Middle English tothles, from Old English tōþlēas, from Proto-Germanic *tanþlausaz (“toothless”), equivalent to tooth + -less. Cognate with Dutch tandeloos (“toothless”), German Low German tannlos (“toothless”), German zahnlos (“toothless”), Danish tandløs (“toothless”), Swedish tandlös (“toothless”), Icelandic tannlaus (“toothless”).

## Common misspellings (12)
`otothless`, `toohtless`, `toothelss`, `toothhless`, `toothles`, `toothlless`, `toothlses`, `tootlhess`, `tootthless`, `tothless`, `totohless`, `ttoothless`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/toothless