out of one's mind
/aʊt əv wʌnz maɪnd/
"out-of-one-s-mind" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“out of one's mind” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. 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) - Insane, crazy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-out-of-one-s-mind · out of one's mind · English
out of one's mind · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | out of one's mind |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| IPA | /aʊt əv wʌnz maɪnd/ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “out of one's mind” in English
Rare enough to double-check
out of one's mind is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase, transcribed /aʊt əv wʌnz maɪnd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for out of one's mind in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is out of one's mind, spelled O-U-T- -O-F- -O-N-E-'-S- -M-I-N-D.
Definition
- 1Insane, crazy.
- 2Temporarily mentally unstable; very distressed.
- 3Away from the focus of one's thoughts.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how out of one's mind appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You're out of your mind if you think you can jump that far.
Or was Erskine out of his mind? And he himself Watt was he not perhaps slightly deranged? And Mr. Knott himself, was he quite right in his head?
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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.