self-minded
"self-minded" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“self-minded” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Concerned or preoccupied with one's own selfish or self-centered needs, interests, or wants; egocentric.
Corpus desk
Index EN-self-minded · self-minded · English
self-minded · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | self-minded |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “self-minded” in English
Rare enough to double-check
self-minded is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Concerned or preoccupied with one's own selfish or self-centered needs, interests, or wants; egocentric.".
No misspelling variants are generated for self-minded in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From self- + minded. The correct English form is self-minded, spelled S-E-L-F---M-I-N-D-E-D.
Definition
- 1Concerned or preoccupied with one's own selfish or self-centered needs, interests, or wants; egocentric.
Etymology
From self- + minded.
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.