selfdom
"selfdom" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“selfdom” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - selfhood.
Corpus desk
Index EN-selfdom · selfdom · English
selfdom · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | selfdom |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “selfdom” in English
Rare enough to double-check
selfdom is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "selfhood.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for selfdom, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English selfdom, from Old English selfdōm (“independence”), equivalent to self + -dom. The correct English form is selfdom, spelled S-E-L-F-D-O-M.
Definition
- 1selfhood.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how selfdom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"The target of the Jihad was a machine-attitude as much as the machines," Leto said. "Humans had set those machines to usurp our sense of beauty, our necessary selfdom out of which we make living judgments. Naturally, the machines were destroyed."
Etymology
From Middle English selfdom, from Old English selfdōm (“independence”), equivalent to self + -dom.
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.