# winless

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #40,087

## Definitions
1. Having never won; without a win; unsuccessful.

## Etymology
From win + -less.

## Easily confused with
- **witness** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winless-vs-witness)
- **winters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winless-vs-winters)
- **wireless** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winless-vs-wireless)
- **wines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wines-vs-winless)
- **Wiles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiles-vs-winless)

## Common misspellings (9)
`iwnless`, `wilness`, `winelss`, `winles`, `winlless`, `winlses`, `winnless`, `wniless`, `wwinless`

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