# wordless

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #49,149

## Definitions
1. Conveyed without the use of words; unspoken or unsaid.
2. Unable or unwilling to speak; dumb, silent or inarticulate.

## 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **worthless** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordless-vs-worthless)
- **WordPress** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordless-vs-wordpress)
- **wireless** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wireless-vs-wordless)

## Common misspellings (11)
`owrdless`, `wodrless`, `worddless`, `wordelss`, `wordles`, `wordlless`, `wordlses`, `worldess`, `worrdless`, `wrodless`, `wwordless`

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