yourself
\jʊɹ.ˈsɛlf\
The verdict
“yourself” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,928. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,928
- frequency rank, French
- 198
- “Y” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Te.
Corpus desk
Index FR-yourself · yourself · French
yourself · rank #26,928 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #26,928
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 198
- PHOTO-FINISH weaver
Nearest frequency peer: weaver (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “yourself”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- volatilité
volatilité
73,076 corpus weight
- wake
wake
73,075 corpus weight
- weaver
weaver
73,074 corpus weight
- yourself
yourself
73,073 corpus weight
- yt
yt
73,072 corpus weight
- Zoologie
Zoologie
73,071 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “yourself” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | yourself |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | \jʊɹ.ˈsɛlf\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #26,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “yourself” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around yourself (IPA \jʊɹ.ˈsɛlf\), apronoun. Corpus frequency is #26,928 among 198 “Y” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for yourself, with forms such as "oyurself", "yoruself", and "youreslf". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Youssef", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is yourself, spelled Y-O-U-R-S-E-L-F.
Definition
- 1Te.
- 2Toi-même, vous-même.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oyurself
- yoruself
- youreslf
- yourrself
- yoursefl
- yourselff
- yoursellf
- yourslef
- yoursself
- yousrelf
- yuorself
- yyourself
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of yourself - 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 "yourself", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "yourself". Here's where to go from here.
- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Youssef". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #26,928 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "Y" letter cohort. Y–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.