self-sacrificing
"self-sacrificing" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“self-sacrificing” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Making, or willing to make, a self-sacrifice.
Corpus desk
Index EN-self-sacrificing · self-sacrificing · English
self-sacrificing · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 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-sacrificing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “self-sacrificing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
self-sacrificing is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Making, or willing to make, a self-sacrifice.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for self-sacrificing in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From self- + sacrificing. The correct English form is self-sacrificing, spelled S-E-L-F---S-A-C-R-I-F-I-C-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Making, or willing to make, a self-sacrifice.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how self-sacrificing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mother Teresa's self-sacrificing nature made her world-famous.
It [Troutbeck] has religious isolation also, for it is several miles—and very strenuous miles in winter—from the parish church at Mungrisdale, and the introduction of the harmonium to the waiting room was due to the zeal of a vicar of many years ago who, in the absence of any other room in the village, obtained permission to use the premises for services,…
Etymology
From self- + sacrificing.
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.