self-awareness
"self-awareness" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“self-awareness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state or property of being self-aware; state of being aware of oneself as an individual.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | self-awareness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “self-awareness” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
self-awareness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for self-awareness, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From self- + awareness. Also equivalent to self-aware + -ness, though attested earlier. The correct English form is self-awareness, spelled S-E-L-F---A-W-A-R-E-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state or property of being self-aware; state of being aware of oneself as an individual.
- 2A personal trait regarding someone's ability to persistently and accurately perceive their presence amongst other people, and their own knowledge and abilities.
Etymology
From self- + awareness. Also equivalent to self-aware + -ness, though attested earlier.
Antonyms
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.
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Using “self-awareness”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-E-L-F---A-W-A-R-E-N-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.