thyself
/ðaɪˈsɛlf/
"thyself" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thyself” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,113. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,113
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - yourself (as the object of a verb or preposition or as an intensifier); reflexive case of thou
Corpus desk
Index EN-thyself · thyself · English
thyself · rank #35,113 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #35,113
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH Topsy
Nearest frequency peer: Topsy (+3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “thyself”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Tasman
Tasman
64,893 corpus weight
- tek
tek
64,892 corpus weight
- thyself
thyself
64,888 corpus weight
- Topsy
Topsy
64,885 corpus weight
- torsion
torsion
64,884 corpus weight
- tosh
tosh
64,883 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “thyself” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thyself |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /ðaɪˈsɛlf/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #35,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thyself” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around thyself (IPA /ðaɪˈsɛlf/), apronoun. Corpus frequency is #35,113 among 27,828 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "yourself (as the object of a verb or preposition or as an intensifier); reflexive case of thou".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for thyself, with forms such as "htyself", "thhyself", and "thsyelf". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "themself", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English thy-selfe, thiself, thi-zelf, from Old English þīnes selfes, equivalent to thy + -self. Compare Middle English thou-self. The correct English form is thyself, spelled T-H-Y-S-E-L-F.
Definition
- 1yourself (as the object of a verb or preposition or as an intensifier); reflexive case of thou
Etymology
From Middle English thy-selfe, thiself, thi-zelf, from Old English þīnes selfes, equivalent to thy + -self. Compare Middle English thou-self.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- htyself
- thhyself
- thsyelf
- thyeslf
- thysefl
- thyselff
- thysellf
- thyslef
- thysself
- thyyself
- tthyself
- tyhself
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of thyself - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "thyself", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
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.