himself
/hɪmˈsɛlf/
"himself" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“himself” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #561. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #561
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
Corpus desk
Index EN-himself · himself · English
himself · rank #561 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-CORE #561
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH gets
Nearest frequency peer: gets (-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 “himself”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- clear
clear
99,443 corpus weight
- gave
gave
99,442 corpus weight
- gets
gets
99,441 corpus weight
- himself
himself
99,440 corpus weight
- month
month
99,439 corpus weight
- outside
outside
99,438 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “himself” 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 | himself |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /hɪmˈsɛlf/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #561 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “himself” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around himself (IPA /hɪmˈsɛlf/), apronoun. Corpus frequency is #561 among 23,837 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for himself, with forms such as "hhimself", "himeslf", and "himmself". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "herself", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English hymself, from Old English him selfum. Equivalent to him + -self. The correct English form is himself, spelled H-I-M-S-E-L-F.
Definition
- 1Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
- 2He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate
- 3The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself.
- 4The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he (used of upper-class gentlemen, or sarcastically, of men who imagine themselves to be more important than others)
Etymology
From Middle English hymself, from Old English him selfum. Equivalent to him + -self.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhimself
- himeslf
- himmself
- himsefl
- himselff
- himsellf
- himslef
- himsself
- hismelf
- hmiself
- ihmself
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of himself - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "himself", 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.