hisself
/ˈhɪz.sɛlf/
"hisself" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hisself” is uncommon English (frequency #77,769 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,769
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Himself.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hisself · hisself · English
hisself · rank #77,769 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,769
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH holography
Nearest frequency peer: holography (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “hisself”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hierarchica…
hierarchically
22,236 corpus weight
- Hieronymus
Hieronymus
22,235 corpus weight
- Hillingdon
Hillingdon
22,234 corpus weight
- hisself
hisself
22,232 corpus weight
- holography
holography
22,231 corpus weight
- homescreen
homescreen
22,229 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hisself” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hisself |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /ˈhɪz.sɛlf/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,769 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hisself” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hisself is uncommon English at frequency #77,769 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed /ˈhɪz.sɛlf/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Himself.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hisself, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English his-self, his self, his-selfe, his-selven, his selfen; equivalent to his + -self. The correct English form is hisself, spelled H-I-S-S-E-L-F.
Definition
- 1Himself.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hisself appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Among those who seemed disposed to join in this opinion was the Jehu of the Warwickshire coach, who expressed his conviction to our hero, that "he wos a young gent as had much himproved hisself since he tooled him up to the 'Varsity with his guvnor."
Then when he had finally got through he sat down and luk'd as tho' he hisself would die of grief if they brought in a verdict of guilty.
Etymology
From Middle English his-self, his self, his-selfe, his-selven, his selfen; equivalent to his + -self.
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.
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