broad-minded
"broad-minded" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“broad-minded” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having an open mind; tolerant of diversity; with broad views on different issues.
Corpus desk
Index EN-broad-minded · broad-minded · English
broad-minded · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | broad-minded |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “broad-minded” in English
Rare enough to double-check
broad-minded is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having an open mind; tolerant of diversity; with broad views on different issues.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for broad-minded, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is broad-minded, spelled B-R-O-A-D---M-I-N-D-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having an open mind; tolerant of diversity; with broad views on different issues.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how broad-minded appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I'm broadminded and understanding of the struggle of your organization because as a prisoner I've been discriminated against myself.
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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.