selfie

noun

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The verdict

“selfie” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,503. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,503
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fotografia que uma pessoa tira de si mesma, sem o auxílio de um temporizador ou tripé, geralmente com um smartphone ou uma webcam; autorretrato, autofoto, autofotografia

Corpus desk

Index PT-selfie · selfie · Portuguese

selfie · rank #23,503 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,503
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sensorial

Nearest frequency peer: sensorial (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “selfie”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “selfie” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

selfie vs série
50% similar
selfie vs selim
67% similar

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

Key facts for selfie
PropertyValue
Headwordselfie
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,503
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “selfie”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).selfiecai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “sensorial” (#23,504), “sazonal” (#23,501), “seríamos” (#23,505). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “selfie” fica em #23,503. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around selfie, anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,503 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "fotografia que uma pessoa tira de si mesma, sem o auxílio de um temporizador ou tripé, geralmente com um smartphone ou uma webcam; autorretrato, autofoto, autofotografia".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for selfie, with forms such as "eslfie", "seflie", and "selfei". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "série", "selim", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is selfie, spelled S-E-L-F-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    fotografia que uma pessoa tira de si mesma, sem o auxílio de um temporizador ou tripé, geralmente com um smartphone ou uma webcam; autorretrato, autofoto, autofotografia

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. "Selfie de Ellen DeGeneres feito no Oscar é avaliado em US$ 1 bilhão."

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eslfie
  • seflie
  • selfei
  • selffie
  • selife
  • sellfie
  • slefie
  • sselfie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of selfie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

eslfie2seflie2selfei2selffie1selife2sellfie1slefie2sselfie1
Edit distance from "selfie"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "selfie"?
"selfie" is spelled S-E-L-F-I-E.
What does "selfie" mean?
As a noun, "selfie" means: fotografia que uma pessoa tira de si mesma, sem o auxílio de um temporizador ou tripé, geralmente com um smartphone ou uma webcam; autorretrato, autofoto, autofotografia
What words are commonly confused with "selfie"?
"selfie" is commonly confused with "série", "selim". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "selfie" come from?
"selfie" is a Portuguese 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 Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vibrar#23,525pároco#23,470pitada#23,448aspeto#23,568

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

basear8 variantscrash8 variantseleven8 variantsesmola8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list