self-killing
"self-killing" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“self-killing” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of self-kill
Corpus desk
Index EN-self-killing · self-killing · English
self-killing · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 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-killing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “self-killing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
self-killing is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of self-kill".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for self-killing, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From self-kill + -ing. The correct English form is self-killing, spelled S-E-L-F---K-I-L-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of self-kill
Etymology
From self-kill + -ing.
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.