trothless
/ˈtɹəʊθləs/
"trothless" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“trothless” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Untrustworthy, treacherous.
Corpus desk
Index EN-trothless · trothless · English
trothless · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | trothless |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈtɹəʊθləs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “trothless” in English
Rare enough to double-check
trothless is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈtɹəʊθləs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Untrustworthy, treacherous.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for trothless, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English troutheles, trouthles, trowwþelæse, equivalent to troth + -less. Piecewise doublet of truthless. The correct English form is trothless, spelled T-R-O-T-H-L-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Untrustworthy, treacherous.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how trothless appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Thrall to the faithless waves and trothless sky.
Etymology
From Middle English troutheles, trouthles, trowwþelæse, equivalent to troth + -less. Piecewise doublet of truthless.
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.