self-interestedness

noun

"self-interestedness" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being self-interested.

Corpus desk

Index EN-self-interestedness · self-interestedness · English

self-interestedness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 19 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for self-interestedness
PropertyValue
Headwordself-interestedness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “self-interestedness” in English

self-interestednessfalls 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

self-interestedness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality of being self-interested.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for self-interestedness in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From self-interested + -ness. The correct English form is self-interestedness, spelled S-E-L-F---I-N-T-E-R-E-S-T-E-D-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The quality of being self-interested.

Etymology

From self-interested + -ness.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "self-interestedness"?
"self-interestedness" is spelled S-E-L-F---I-N-T-E-R-E-S-T-E-D-N-E-S-S.
What does "self-interestedness" mean?
As a noun, "self-interestedness" means: The quality of being self-interested.
What is the origin of the word "self-interestedness"?
From self-interested + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list