shameless

adj

The verdict

“shameless” is uncommon French (frequency #67,878 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,878
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Impudique, éhonté, effronté.

Corpus desk

Index FR-shameless · shameless · French

shameless · rank #67,878 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,878
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sequins

Nearest frequency peer: sequins (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « shameless »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « shameless » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for shameless
PropertyValue
Headwordshameless
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#67,878
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « shameless » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.shamelesstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « sequins » (#67,877), « Shlomo » (#67,880), « segura » (#67,875). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « shameless » est au #67,878. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

shameless is uncommon French at frequency #67,878 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Impudique, éhonté, effronté.".

shameless doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is shameless, spelled S-H-A-M-E-L-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Impudique, éhonté, effronté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how shameless appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. You can't go out on the street wearing that! How can you be so shameless?

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shameless"?
"shameless" is spelled S-H-A-M-E-L-E-S-S.
What does "shameless" mean?
As an adjective, "shameless" means: Impudique, éhonté, effronté.
What language does "shameless" come from?
"shameless" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shameless", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list