# herself

> English word · Pronoun · IPA /hɜːˈsɛlf/ · frequency rank #1,723

## Definitions
1. Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
2. She; an intensifier of the female subject or object, often used to indicate the directness or exclusiveness of that person .
3. The 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.

## Easily confused with
- **himself** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herself-vs-himself)
- **hereof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hereof-vs-herself)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ehrself`, `hereslf`, `herrself`, `hersefl`, `herselff`, `hersellf`, `herslef`, `hersself`, `hesrelf`, `hherself`, `hreself`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/herself