self-portrait
"self-portrait" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“self-portrait” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The bust of an artist by the artist him/herself; a portrait of the painter who painted it.
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Index EN-self-portrait · self-portrait · English
self-portrait · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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-portrait |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “self-portrait” in English
Rare enough to double-check
self-portrait is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.