shameless

adj

The verdict

“shameless” is uncommon French (frequency #67,878 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,878
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Impudique, éhonté, effronté.

Key facts for shameless
PropertyValue
Headwordshameless
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#67,878
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “shameless” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). shameless lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

shameless is uncommon French at frequency #67,878 among 394,209 “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.

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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Using “shameless”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-H-A-M-E-L-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list