narrow-mindedness

noun

"narrow-mindedness" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“narrow-mindedness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being narrow-minded.

Corpus desk

Index EN-narrow-mindedness · narrow-mindedness · English

narrow-mindedness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for narrow-mindedness
PropertyValue
Headwordnarrow-mindedness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “narrow-mindedness” in English

narrow-mindednessranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

narrow-mindedness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being narrow-minded.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for narrow-mindedness, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From narrow-minded + -ness. The correct English form is narrow-mindedness, spelled N-A-R-R-O-W---M-I-N-D-E-D-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state of being narrow-minded.

Etymology

From narrow-minded + -ness.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "narrow-mindedness"?
"narrow-mindedness" is spelled N-A-R-R-O-W---M-I-N-D-E-D-N-E-S-S.
What does "narrow-mindedness" mean?
As a noun, "narrow-mindedness" means: The state of being narrow-minded.
What is the origin of the word "narrow-mindedness"?
From narrow-minded + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list