lui-même

Name: lui-même, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\lɥi.mɛm\

/\lɥi.mɛm\/ pron

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“lui-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: 8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lui comme le sujet naturellement ou directement responsable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lui-meme · lui-même · French

lui-même · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-THIN "L" 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.

Key facts for lui-même
Property	Value
Headword	lui-même
Language	French
Part of speech	Pronoun
IPA	\lɥi.mɛm\
Letters	8
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “lui-même” sits in French frequency

lui-même falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lui-même is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed \lɥi.mɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lui-même, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is lui-même, spelled L-U-I---M-Ê-M-E.

Definition

1
Lui comme le sujet naturellement ou directement responsable.
2
Lui comme l’objet, et aussi comme soit le sujet, le possesseur ou le créateur.
3
Naturellement ou directement par celui-ci.

This word in other languages

himself(English)selbst(Deutsch)

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lui-même"?

"lui-même" is spelled L-U-I---M-Ê-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lɥi.mɛm\.

What does "lui-même" mean?

As a pronoun, "lui-même" means: Lui comme le sujet naturellement ou directement responsable.

How do you pronounce "lui-même"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lui-même" is \lɥi.mɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "lui-même" come from?

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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.