de soi-même
\də swa mɛm\
The verdict
“de soi-même” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spontanément, sans y être contraint ou incité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-soi-meme · de soi-même · French
de soi-même · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | de soi-même |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də swa mɛm\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
de soi-même is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \də swa mɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spontanément, sans y être contraint ou incité.".
Zero misspellings are on record for de soi-même in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is de soi-même, spelled D-E- -S-O-I---M-Ê-M-E.
Definition
- 1Spontanément, sans y être contraint ou incité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de soi-même appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le chauffard s’est présenté de lui-même au commissariat.
Elles sont parvenues d’elles-mêmes à changer le regard que le monde leur portait.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.