selfhood
"selfhood" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“selfhood” is uncommon English (frequency #99,834 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,834
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - State of having a distinct identity, or being an individual distinct from others; individuality.
Corpus desk
Index EN-selfhood · selfhood · English
selfhood · rank #99,834 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,834
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH septicemia
Nearest frequency peer: septicemia (+2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “selfhood”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- scrimshaw
scrimshaw
173 corpus weight
- sealift
sealift
171 corpus weight
- selfhood
selfhood
167 corpus weight
- septicemia
septicemia
165 corpus weight
- sepulcher
sepulcher
164 corpus weight
- sepulchral
sepulchral
163 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “selfhood” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “selfhood” in English
Rare enough to double-check
selfhood is uncommon English at frequency #99,834 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how selfhood appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Indeed, while geography is neither a key dimension of identity nor its determinant, it is one of the most important categories through which nationhood can be explored and articulated. It both grounds a sense of national selfhood and gives it a framework through which a continuous shaping of identity can "take place."
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).