self-worth
"self-worth" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“self-worth” 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The value one assigns to oneself or one's abilities in self assessment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | self-worth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “self-worth” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for self-worth is 10 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 value one assigns to oneself or one's abilities in self assessment.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for self-worth, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From self- + worth. The correct English form is self-worth, spelled S-E-L-F---W-O-R-T-H.
Definition
- 1The value one assigns to oneself or one's abilities in self assessment.
Etymology
From self- + worth.
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-worth”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-E-L-F---W-O-R-T-H - 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.