selfhood
"selfhood" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“selfhood” is an uncommon English word, ranked #99,834 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #99,834
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - State of having a distinct identity, or being an individual distinct from others; individuality.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | selfhood |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #99,834 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “selfhood” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for selfhood is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #99,834 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
selfhood has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From self + -hood. The correct English form is selfhood, spelled S-E-L-F-H-O-O-D.
Definition
- 1State of having a distinct identity, or being an individual distinct from others; individuality.
- 2The fully developed self; one's personality, character.
- 3The quality of being self-centered or egocentric; selfishness.
Etymology
From self + -hood.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “selfhood”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-E-L-F-H-O-O-D - 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.