# mind

> English word · Noun · IPA /maɪnd/ · frequency rank #378

## Definitions
1. The capability for rational thought.
2. The ability to be aware of things.
3. The ability to remember things.
4. The ability to focus the thoughts.
5. Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
6. Judgment, opinion, or view.
7. Desire, inclination, or intention.
8. A healthy mental state.
9. The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
10. Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
11. Attention, consideration or thought.

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **MN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-mn)
- **mix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-mix)
- **MUD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-mud)
- **mod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-mod)
- **mon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-mon)
- **mit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-mit)
- **mir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-mir)
- **mun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-mun)
- **MSN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-msn)
- **miz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-miz)
- **miss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-miss)
- **mine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-mine)
- **mini** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-mini)
- **mood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-mood)
- **monk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-monk)
- **mint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-mint)
- **mold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-mold)
- **mist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-mist)
- **ming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-ming)
- **mona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-mona)

## Common misspellings (6)
`imnd`, `midn`, `mindd`, `minnd`, `mmind`, `mnid`

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