moi-même
\mwa.mɛm\
The verdict
“moi-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 September 3, 2026) - Moi comme le sujet naturellement ou directement responsable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-moi-meme · moi-même · French
moi-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 "M" 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 | moi-même |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | \mwa.mɛm\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « moi-même » en français
Rare enough to double-check
moi-même is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed \mwa.mɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for moi-même, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 moi-même, spelled M-O-I---M-Ê-M-E.
Definition
- 1Moi comme le sujet naturellement ou directement responsable.
- 2Moi comme l’objet, et aussi comme soit le sujet, le possesseur ou le créateur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how moi-même appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Où devait s’arrêter le convoi qui nous emportait ? Assurément la troupe ne le savait guère, puisque je ne le savais pas moi-même.
Parlez-lui demain matin, ou je le ferai moi-même, si vous le préférez.
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.