give someone a piece of one's mind
"give-someone-a-piece-of-one-s-mind" is a 27-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“give someone a piece of one's mind” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 34
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To express one's opinion strongly; to voice one's disagreement or dissatisfaction, especially with another person; to scold or rebuke someone.
Corpus desk
Index EN-give-someone-a-piece-of- · give someone a piece of one's mind · English
give someone a piece of one's mind · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 34 letters
- VOW-14 14 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | give someone a piece of one's mind |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 34 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “give someone a piece of one's mind” in English
Rare enough to double-check
give someone a piece of one's mind is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To express one's opinion strongly; to voice one's disagreement or dissatisfaction, especially with another person; to scold or rebuke someone.".
give someone a piece of one's mind has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is give someone a piece of one's mind, spelled G-I-V-E- -S-O-M-E-O-N-E- -A- -P-I-E-C-E- -O-F- -O-N-E-'-S- -M-I-N-D.
Definition
- 1To express one's opinion strongly; to voice one's disagreement or dissatisfaction, especially with another person; to scold or rebuke someone.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how give someone a piece of one's mind appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That is the fourth time this week my neighbor's barking dog has woken me up. I'm going to go give her a piece of my mind about it.
I was nothing but a mass of trembling. As for answering him back, or giving him a piece of my mind, as I had meant to, I wouldn’t have done it not for a thousand pounds.
This word in other languages
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.