keep in mind

verb

"keep-in-mind" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“keep in 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
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of bear in mind.

Corpus desk

Index EN-keep-in-mind · keep in mind · English

keep in mind · 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 "K" 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.

Key facts for keep in mind
PropertyValue
Headwordkeep in mind
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “keep in mind” in English

keep in mindfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

keep in mind is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of bear in mind.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for keep in mind, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 keep in mind, spelled K-E-E-P- -I-N- -M-I-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of bear in mind.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Keep in mind that he does not hear too well, so you may have to speak loudly.
  2. In replanning the timetable, the operating authorities have tried as far as possible to keep departure and arrival times at Liverpool Street close to those prevailing formerly, to avoid disrupting the travelling habits of regular passengers, but at the same time they have kept in mind the aim of turn-rounds in the terminus.

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 "keep in mind"?
"keep in mind" is spelled K-E-E-P- -I-N- -M-I-N-D.
What does "keep in mind" mean?
As a verb, "keep in mind" means: Synonym of bear in mind.
What language does "keep in mind" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list