egoistical
adjective
egoistical is spelled E-G-O-I-S-T-I-C-A-L: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 58 million words in written English, the 237,177th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, egoistical means “Caring about oneself and the gratification of one's own desires rather than others; selfish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in egoistical?
| Letters | 10: E-G-O-I-S-T-I-C-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 58 million words; the 237,177th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is egoistical?
Egoistical appears about once in every 58 million words in written English, the 237,177th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of egoistical
- more egoistical comparative
- most egoistical superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does egoistical mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Caring about oneself and the gratification of one's own desires rather than others; selfish.
- 2
nonstandardEgotistical (tending to talk excessively about oneself).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Egoistical in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense caring about the gratification of one's own desires:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | egoistisch |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does egoistical come from?
From egoistic + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).