reflexive pronoun
/ɹəˈflɛksɪv ˈpɹoʊnaʊn/
"reflexive-pronoun" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reflexive pronoun” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In English: a personal pronoun, having a form of "-self" as a suffix to show that the subject's action affects the subject itself.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reflexive-pronoun · reflexive pronoun · English
reflexive pronoun · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reflexive pronoun |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹəˈflɛksɪv ˈpɹoʊnaʊn/ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “reflexive pronoun” in English
Rare enough to double-check
reflexive pronoun is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɹəˈflɛksɪv ˈpɹoʊnaʊn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for reflexive pronoun in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is reflexive pronoun, spelled R-E-F-L-E-X-I-V-E- -P-R-O-N-O-U-N.
Definition
- 1In English: a personal pronoun, having a form of "-self" as a suffix to show that the subject's action affects the subject itself.
- 2In many languages: a pronoun that makes a transitive verb reflexive or reciprocal.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.