self-employment
"self-employment" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“self-employment” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act or practice of working for oneself, such as being an independent contractor.
Corpus desk
Index EN-self-employment · self-employment · English
self-employment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | self-employment |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “self-employment” in English
Rare enough to double-check
self-employment is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act or practice of working for oneself, such as being an independent contractor.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for self-employment in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From self- + employment. The correct English form is self-employment, spelled S-E-L-F---E-M-P-L-O-Y-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1The act or practice of working for oneself, such as being an independent contractor.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how self-employment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Self-employment lacks the security of working for a big company, but at least the only idiot boss you will meet is yourself.
Etymology
From self- + employment.
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.