herself
/hɜːˈsɛlf/
"herself" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“herself” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,723. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,723
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
Corpus desk
Index EN-herself · herself · English
herself · rank #1,723 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,723
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH helping
Nearest frequency peer: helping (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “herself”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- function
function
98,281 corpus weight
- gift
gift
98,280 corpus weight
- helping
helping
98,279 corpus weight
- herself
herself
98,278 corpus weight
- impossible
impossible
98,277 corpus weight
- influence
influence
98,276 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “herself” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | herself |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /hɜːˈsɛlf/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,723 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “herself” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around herself (IPA /hɜːˈsɛlf/), apronoun. Corpus frequency is #1,723 among 23,837 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for herself, with forms such as "ehrself", "hereslf", and "herrself". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "himself", "hereof", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English. Equivalent to her + -self. The correct English form is herself, spelled H-E-R-S-E-L-F.
Definition
- 1Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
- 2She; an intensifier of the female subject or object, often used to indicate the directness or exclusiveness of that person .
- 3The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; she (used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others)
Etymology
From Middle English. Equivalent to her + -self.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehrself
- hereslf
- herrself
- hersefl
- herselff
- hersellf
- herslef
- hersself
- hesrelf
- hherself
- hreself
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of herself - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "herself", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
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.