self-portrait
"self-portrait" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“self-portrait” 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The bust of an artist by the artist him/herself; a portrait of the painter who painted it.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | self-portrait |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “self-portrait” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for self-portrait is 13 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. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The bust of an artist by the artist him/herself; a portrait of the painter who painted it.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for self-portrait, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From self- + portrait. The correct English form is self-portrait, spelled S-E-L-F---P-O-R-T-R-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1The bust of an artist by the artist him/herself; a portrait of the painter who painted it.
Etymology
From self- + portrait.
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-portrait”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-E-L-F---P-O-R-T-R-A-I-T - 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.