self-government
The verdict
“self-government” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autonomie, autodétermination, autorégulation, autoadministration, surtout en parlant des colonies et de l'administration coloniale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-self-government · self-government · French
self-government · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | self-government |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
self-government is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Autonomie, autodétermination, autorégulation, autoadministration, surtout en parlant des colonies et de l'administration coloniale.".
self-government doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is self-government, spelled S-E-L-F---G-O-V-E-R-N-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Autonomie, autodétermination, autorégulation, autoadministration, surtout en parlant des colonies et de l'administration coloniale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how self-government appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cela pourra prendre des générations, ou même des siècles, avant que les peuples de certaines parties de l’empire colonial puissent atteindre le self-government.
En matière politique, les colonies bénéficient d’une relative autonomie ce qui les amène souvent à pratiquer le self-government même si chaque gouverneur est nommé par la métropole.
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.