self-slaughter
"self-slaughter" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“self-slaughter” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The slaughter or slaying of oneself, suicide, especially when portrayed as a sin or crime.
Corpus desk
Index EN-self-slaughter · self-slaughter · English
self-slaughter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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-slaughter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “self-slaughter” in English
Rare enough to double-check
self-slaughter is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The slaughter or slaying of oneself, suicide, especially when portrayed as a sin or crime.".
Zero misspellings are on record for self-slaughter in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: 1595, self- + slaughter. The correct English form is self-slaughter, spelled S-E-L-F---S-L-A-U-G-H-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1The slaughter or slaying of oneself, suicide, especially when portrayed as a sin or crime.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how self-slaughter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Against self-slaughter, There is a prohibition so divine, That cravens my weak hand. --Shak., Cymbeline
Etymology
1595, self- + slaughter.
Synonyms
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.