meself

pron

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"meself" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“meself” is uncommon English (frequency #79,754 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,754
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of myself.

Corpus desk

Index EN-meself · meself · English

meself · rank #79,754 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,754
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH mercantilism

Nearest frequency peer: mercantilism (-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 “meself”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “meself” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for meself
PropertyValue
Headwordmeself
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechPronoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#79,754
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “meself” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).meselffalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “mercantilism” (#79,753), “Melnyk” (#79,752), “microvascular” (#79,756). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “meself” is #79,754. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

meself is uncommon English at frequency #79,754 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as apronoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of myself.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for meself, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From me + -self. The correct English form is meself, spelled M-E-S-E-L-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative form of myself.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. ‘True, I haven’t introduced meself.’

Etymology

From me + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "meself"?
"meself" is spelled M-E-S-E-L-F.
What does "meself" mean?
As a pronoun, "meself" means: Alternative form of myself.
What is the origin of the word "meself"?
From me + -self. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "meself", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Melnyk#79,752meikle#79,751Miyako#79,764mourne#79,771

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list