mind
/maɪnd/
"mind" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mind” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #378. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #378
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The capability for rational thought.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mind · mind · English
mind · rank #378 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #378
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH level
Nearest frequency peer: level (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mind”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hand
hand
99,626 corpus weight
- isn't
isn't
99,625 corpus weight
- level
level
99,624 corpus weight
- mind
mind
99,623 corpus weight
- often
often
99,622 corpus weight
- single
single
99,621 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mind” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mind |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /maɪnd/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mind” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around mind (IPA /maɪnd/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #378 among 36,575 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for mind, with forms such as "imnd", "midn", and "mindd". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "MN", "mix", "MUD", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English minde, munde, imynde, imunde, ȝemynde, ȝemunde, from Old English mynd, ġemynd (“mind, memory”), from Proto-West Germanic *mundi, *gamundi, from Proto-Germanic *mundiz, *gamundiz (“memory, remembrance”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (… The correct English form is mind, spelled M-I-N-D.
Definition
- 1The capability for rational thought.
- 2The ability to be aware of things.
- 3The ability to remember things.
- 4The ability to focus the thoughts.
- 5Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
- 6Judgment, opinion, or view.
- 7Desire, inclination, or intention.
- 8A healthy mental state.
- 9The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
- 10Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
- 11Attention, consideration or thought.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mind appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Despite advancing age, his mind was still as sharp as ever.
And ſure, although it was invented to eaſe his mynde of griefe, there be a number of caveats therein to forewarne other young gentlemen to foreſtand with good government their folowing yl fortunes; […]
Etymology
From Middle English minde, munde, imynde, imunde, ȝemynde, ȝemunde, from Old English mynd, ġemynd (“mind, memory”), from Proto-West Germanic *mundi, *gamundi, from Proto-Germanic *mundiz, *gamundiz (“memory, remembrance”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”) (compare also mantis, via Greek), from the root *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Old High German gimunt ("mind, memory, remembrance"; Middle High German munst (“love, benevolence, joy”)), Old Norse mynd (“image, model”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (gamunds, “remembrance, memory, mind”). Related also to Danish minde (“memory”), Swedish minne (“memory”), Icelandic minni (“memory, recall, recollection”), Latin mēns (“mind, reason”), Sanskrit मनस् (mánas), Ancient Greek μένος (ménos), Albanian mënd (“mind, reason”). Related to mantra. Compare also Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”). More at mint.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imnd
- midn
- mindd
- minnd
- mmind
- mnid
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mind - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mind", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
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.