# mental

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈmɛn.təl/ · frequency rank #1,565

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
2. Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
3. Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
4. Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
5. Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
6. Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
7. Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
8. Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
9. Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.
10. Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.

## Etymology
Borrowing from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis, from mēns (“mind, disposition; heart, soul”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **metal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mental-vs-metal)
- **metals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mental-vs-metals)
- **mentor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mental-vs-mentor)
- **mortal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mental-vs-mortal)
- **menthol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mental-vs-menthol)
- **mentally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mental-vs-mentally)
- **meal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meal-vs-mental)
- **MENA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mena-vs-mental)
- **medal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medal-vs-mental)
- **Mehta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mehta-vs-mental)
- **manta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manta-vs-mental)
- **Mensa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mensa-vs-mental)
- **manual** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manual-vs-mental)
- **medial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medial-vs-mental)
- **mantel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mantel-vs-mental)
- **menial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/menial-vs-mental)
- **Mendel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mendel-vs-mental)

## Common misspellings (9)
`emntal`, `menatl`, `menntal`, `mentall`, `mentla`, `menttal`, `metnal`, `mmental`, `mnetal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mental