self-deception
"self-deception" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“self-deception” 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 act of fooling oneself, of willfully not accepting the obvious.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | self-deception |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “self-deception” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
self-deception is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of fooling oneself, of willfully not accepting the obvious.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for self-deception, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From self- + deception. The correct English form is self-deception, spelled S-E-L-F---D-E-C-E-P-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of fooling oneself, of willfully not accepting the obvious.
Etymology
From self- + deception.
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-deception”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-E-L-F---D-E-C-E-P-T-I-O-N - 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.