broad-minded

adj

"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

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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.

Key facts for broad-minded
PropertyValue
Headwordbroad-minded
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “broad-minded” in English

broad-mindedsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Having an open mind; tolerant of diversity; with broad views on different issues.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "broad-minded"?
"broad-minded" is spelled B-R-O-A-D---M-I-N-D-E-D.
What does "broad-minded" mean?
As an adjective, "broad-minded" means: Having an open mind; tolerant of diversity; with broad views on different issues.
What language does "broad-minded" come from?
"broad-minded" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list