himself
\im.sɛlf\
The verdict
“himself” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,939. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,939
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lui-même (utilisé avec une nuance de respect).
Corpus desk
Index FR-himself · himself · French
himself · rank #47,939 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,939
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH higher
Nearest frequency peer: higher (-2 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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « himself »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- hep
hep
52,066 corpus weight
- herméneutiq…
herméneutique
52,065 corpus weight
- higher
higher
52,064 corpus weight
- himself
himself
52,062 corpus weight
- homologués
homologués
52,060 corpus weight
- hormonale
hormonale
52,059 corpus weight
What this shows « himself » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | himself |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | \im.sɛlf\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #47,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « himself »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around himself (IPA \im.sɛlf\), apronoun. Corpus frequency is #47,939 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Lui-même (utilisé avec une nuance de respect).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for himself, with forms such as "hhimself", "himeslf", and "himmself". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is himself, spelled H-I-M-S-E-L-F.
Definition
- 1Lui-même (utilisé avec une nuance de respect).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how himself appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diffusé chaque soir à 22 h 55 sur la Une, le programme permet à nos lectrices et à nos lecteurs de retrouver l’esprit des Nuls, le collectif découvert sur Canal+ dans les années 1990, composé d’Alain Chabat himself, de Dominique Farrugia, de Chantal Lauby et de Bruno Carette.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhimself
- himeslf
- himmself
- himsefl
- himselff
- himsellf
- himslef
- himsself
- hismelf
- hmiself
- ihmself
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of himself - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).