self
\sɛlf\
The verdict
“self” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,301. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,301
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abréviation de « self-service ».
Corpus desk
Index FR-self · self · French
self · rank #11,301 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,301
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH scandaleux
Nearest frequency peer: scandaleux (-1 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 « self »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- saintes
saintes
88,703 corpus weight
- Sandra
Sandra
88,702 corpus weight
- scandaleux
scandaleux
88,701 corpus weight
- self
self
88,700 corpus weight
- seriez
seriez
88,699 corpus weight
- Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke
88,698 corpus weight
What this shows « self » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | self |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛlf\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #11,301 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « self »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around self (IPA \sɛlf\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,301 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for self, with forms such as "eslf", "sefl", and "selff". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SF", "SL", "ses", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is self, spelled S-E-L-F.
Definition
- 1Abréviation de « self-service ».
- 2Conscience psychique de la continuité de l’expérience, de l’identité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how self appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En réfléchissant à l’accompagnement des enfants pendant le temps du repas, la ville a souhaité privilégier l’organisation en self pour les primaires, pour autonomiser les enfants et fluidifier le service.
Toutefois, la réussite de ces mécanismes dépend de la qualité des « soins » de la mère. C’est grâce à l’aspect contenant de ces soins que le bébé pourra rassembler progressivement ses morceaux pour se constituer en un « self » et s’unifier dans son corps.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eslf
- sefl
- selff
- sellf
- slef
- sself
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of self - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "self", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).