self-minded

adj

"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

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Key facts for self-minded
PropertyValue
Headwordself-minded
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “self-minded” in English

self-mindedranks 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

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

  1. 1
    Concerned 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "self-minded"?
"self-minded" is spelled S-E-L-F---M-I-N-D-E-D.
What does "self-minded" mean?
As an adjective, "self-minded" means: Concerned or preoccupied with one's own selfish or self-centered needs, interests, or wants; egocentric.
What is the origin of the word "self-minded"?
From self- + minded. 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