make up one's mind
"make-up-one-s-mind" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“make up 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
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To decide; to reach a conclusion.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | make up one's mind |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “make up one's mind” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
make up one's mind is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To decide; to reach a conclusion.".
make up one's mind doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is make up one's mind, spelled M-A-K-E- -U-P- -O-N-E-'-S- -M-I-N-D.
Definition
- 1To decide; to reach a conclusion.
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.
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Using “make up one's mind”
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- The one correct English spelling is M-A-K-E- -U-P- -O-N-E-'-S- -M-I-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.