self
[self]
The verdict
“self” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,966. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,966
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Selbst; das Ich
Corpus desk
Index DE-self · self · German
self · rank #11,966 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,966
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH season
Nearest frequency peer: season (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „self“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- schrieben
schrieben
88,038 corpus weight
- Schumann
Schumann
88,037 corpus weight
- season
season
88,036 corpus weight
- self
self
88,035 corpus weight
- Senf
Senf
88,034 corpus weight
- senkt
senkt
88,033 corpus weight
What this shows „self“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im 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 | self |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [self] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #11,966 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „self“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around self (IPA [self]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,966 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "das Selbst; das Ich".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for self, with forms such as "eslf", "sefl", and "selff". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sex", "set", "Sol", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is self, spelled S-E-L-F.
Definition
- 1das Selbst; das Ich
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eslf
- sefl
- selff
- sellf
- slef
- sself
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of self - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "self", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).