full of oneself

adj

"full-of-oneself" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“full of oneself” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Egotistical, believing oneself to be superior to others; preoccupied with one's own work, interests, point of view, etc.

Corpus desk

Index EN-full-of-oneself · full of oneself · English

full of oneself · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for full of oneself
PropertyValue
Headwordfull of oneself
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “full of oneself” in English

full of oneselffalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

full of oneself is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Egotistical, believing oneself to be superior to others; preoccupied with one's own work, interests, point of view, etc.".

No misspelling variants are generated for full of oneself in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is full of oneself, spelled F-U-L-L- -O-F- -O-N-E-S-E-L-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Egotistical, believing oneself to be superior to others; preoccupied with one's own work, interests, point of view, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. I thought it not amiss to write him a line to let him know the regard you had for him, for as I know him to be vastly vain and full of himself I thought this might be a spur to his zeale.

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "full of oneself"?
"full of oneself" is spelled F-U-L-L- -O-F- -O-N-E-S-E-L-F.
What does "full of oneself" mean?
As an adjective, "full of oneself" means: Egotistical, believing oneself to be superior to others; preoccupied with one's own work, interests, point of view, etc.
What language does "full of oneself" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list