perself

pron

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"perself" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“perself” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Per, themself; gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, the reflexive form of per.

Corpus desk

Index EN-perself · perself · English

perself · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for perself
PropertyValue
Headwordperself
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechPronoun
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “perself” sits in English frequency

perself falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

perself is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Per, themself; gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, the reflexive form of per.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for perself in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: per (from person) + -self (like himself, herself, etc.) The correct English form is perself, spelled P-E-R-S-E-L-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Per, themself; gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, the reflexive form of per.

Etymology

per (from person) + -self (like himself, herself, etc.)

Synonyms

themself

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perself"?
"perself" is spelled P-E-R-S-E-L-F.
What does "perself" mean?
As a pronoun, "perself" means: Per, themself; gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, the reflexive form of per.
What is the origin of the word "perself"?
per (from person) + -self (like himself, herself, etc.) See the full etymology section above for more details.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list