selfies

\sɛl.fi\

/\sɛl.fi\/ noun

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The verdict

“selfies” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,415. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,415
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de selfie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-selfies · selfies · French

selfies · rank #22,415 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,415
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH savantes

Nearest frequency peer: savantes (-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 « selfies »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « selfies » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

selfies vs series
71% similar
selfies vs selles
71% similar
selfies vs servies
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for selfies
PropertyValue
Headwordselfies
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛl.fi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,415
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « selfies »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.selfiesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « savantes » (#22,414), « sensualité » (#22,416), « satin » (#22,413). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « selfies » est au #22,415. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around selfies (IPA \sɛl.fi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,415 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de selfie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for selfies, with forms such as "eslfies", "seflies", and "selfeis". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "series", "selles", "servies", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is selfies, spelled S-E-L-F-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de selfie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how selfies appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ce qui les angoisse vraiment, ce sont les cousins maléfiques des selfies : les sextos. Nous mettons nos filles en garde : « N'envoie jamais, au grand jamais, de messages sexuellement explicites à quiconque, […]. »

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eslfies
  • seflies
  • selfeis
  • selffies
  • selfiess
  • selfise
  • selifes
  • sellfies
  • slefies
  • sselfies

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of selfies - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

eslfies2seflies2selfeis2selffies1selfiess1selfise2selifes2sellfies1
Edit distance from "selfies"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "selfies"?
"selfies" is spelled S-E-L-F-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛl.fi\.
What does "selfies" mean?
As a noun, "selfies" means: Pluriel de selfie.
What words are commonly confused with "selfies"?
"selfies" is commonly confused with "series", "selles", "servies". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "selfies"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "selfies" is \sɛl.fi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "selfies" come from?
"selfies" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "selfies", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sonnent#22,419stature#22,423terreau#22,436redonné#22,393

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

rallonge10 variantstrèfle10 variantsprofane10 variantspanache10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list