self-love
"self-love" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“self-love” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Regard for oneself; love of oneself.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | self-love |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “self-love” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for self-love is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for self-love, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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- + love. The correct English form is self-love, spelled S-E-L-F---L-O-V-E.
Definition
- 1Regard for oneself; love of oneself.
- 2Excessive pride or vanity, overvaluing the self.
- 3Masturbation.
Etymology
From self- + love.
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-love”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-E-L-F---L-O-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.