elle-même
\ɛl.mɛm\
The verdict
“elle-même” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Elle comme le sujet naturellement ou directement responsable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-elle-meme · elle-même · French
elle-même · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | elle-même |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | \ɛl.mɛm\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “elle-même” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
elle-même is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed \ɛl.mɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for elle-même in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is elle-même, spelled E-L-L-E---M-Ê-M-E.
Definition
- 1Elle comme le sujet naturellement ou directement responsable.
- 2Elle comme l’objet, et aussi comme soit le sujet, le possesseur ou le créateur.
- 3Naturellement ou directement par celle-ci.
This word in other languages
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