selfie
The verdict
“selfie” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #23,503 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,503
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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
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 | selfie |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,503 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “selfie” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for selfie is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #23,503 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1fotografia 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
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.
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.
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Using “selfie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-E-L-F-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “série” - see the side-by-side comparison. selfie vs série
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.