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How to spell fearless

Fearless is spelled F-E-A-R-L-E-S-S. The part people get wrong: double S.

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What it means: Not afraid; brave in the face of danger.

In a sentence: The fearless cat climbed the tall tree.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double s.

Same family: fear, fearful, fearlessly, fearlessness, afraid. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Fearless comes from the noun "fear" plus the Old English suffix "-less," meaning "without." So it literally means "without fear," and this same suffix appears in words like "careless" and "hopeless."

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