himself
/hɪmˈsɛlf/
The verdict
“himself” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,145 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,145
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se, sí mismo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-himself · himself · Spanish
himself · rank #80,145 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,145
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH hilando
Nearest frequency peer: hilando (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “himself”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- helvética
helvética
19,860 corpus weight
- heredo
heredo
19,858 corpus weight
- hilando
hilando
19,857 corpus weight
- himself
himself
19,856 corpus weight
- hobo
hobo
19,854 corpus weight
- hojita
hojita
19,853 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “himself” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | himself |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /hɪmˈsɛlf/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “himself” en español
Rare enough to double-check
himself is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,145 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed /hɪmˈsɛlf/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for himself in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is himself, spelled H-I-M-S-E-L-F.
Definition
- 1Se, sí mismo.
- 2Él mismo.
- 3Él solo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how himself appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me”
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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