wordless
"wordless" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wordless” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,149. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,149
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conveyed without the use of words; unspoken or unsaid.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wordless · wordless · English
wordless · rank #49,149 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,149
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH wisteria
Nearest frequency peer: wisteria (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “wordless”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- wisteria
wisteria
50,853 corpus weight
- wordless
wordless
50,852 corpus weight
- Wyeth
Wyeth
50,851 corpus weight
- WYO
WYO
50,850 corpus weight
- Yalta
Yalta
50,849 corpus weight
- Yazidi
Yazidi
50,848 corpus weight
What this shows “wordless” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wordless |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #49,149 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “wordless”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around wordless, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #49,149 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for wordless, with forms such as "owrdless", "wodrless", and "worddless". 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, "worthless", "WordPress", "wireless", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English wordles, equivalent to word + -less. Compare Dutch woordeloos (“speechless, inexpressible in words”), German wortlos (“silent, speechless”), Danish ordløs (“wordless”), Swedish ordlös (“wordless”), Icelandic orðlaus (“wordless, speechles… The correct English form is wordless, spelled W-O-R-D-L-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Conveyed without the use of words; unspoken or unsaid.
- 2Unable or unwilling to speak; dumb, silent or inarticulate.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how wordless appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On any given Friday night at the Claremont Colleges, between 15 and 20 Jewish students gather to sing wordless melodies, dive into textual study of Talmud or James Baldwin, or hold workshops on antisemitism.
Etymology
From Middle English wordles, equivalent to word + -less. Compare Dutch woordeloos (“speechless, inexpressible in words”), German wortlos (“silent, speechless”), Danish ordløs (“wordless”), Swedish ordlös (“wordless”), Icelandic orðlaus (“wordless, speechless”).
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- owrdless
- wodrless
- worddless
- wordelss
- wordles
- wordlless
- wordlses
- worldess
- worrdless
- wrodless
- wwordless
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wordless - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).