selflessness
\ˈsɛlf.lɪs.nɪs\
The verdict
“selflessness” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abnégation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-selflessness · selflessness · French
selflessness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | selflessness |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈsɛlf.lɪs.nɪs\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
selflessness is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈsɛlf.lɪs.nɪs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abnégation.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for selflessness in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is selflessness, spelled S-E-L-F-L-E-S-S-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Abnégation.
Synonyms
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.