mind

\maɪnd\

/\maɪnd\/ noun

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The verdict

“mind” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,257. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,257
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Esprit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mind · mind · French

mind · rank #18,257 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,257
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mesurant

Nearest frequency peer: mesurant (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « mind »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mind » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mind vs MN
0% similar
mind vs mon
50% similar
mind vs mis
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mind
PropertyValue
Headwordmind
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\maɪnd\
Letters4
Frequency rank#18,257
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mind »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mindse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mesurant » (#18,256), « moquent » (#18,258), « messenger » (#18,255). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mind » est au #18,257. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around mind (IPA \maɪnd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,257 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Esprit.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for mind, with forms such as "imnd", "midn", and "mindd". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "MN", "mon", "mis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mind, spelled M-I-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Esprit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mind appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Scoundrel! He is not altogether guiltless in this illness of mine; and that I had a great mind to tell him.
  2. And therein lies the problem: as Wikipedia’s visibility diminishes, reduced to mere training data for AI applications, it also loses prominence in the minds of readers and potential contributors.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imnd
  • midn
  • mindd
  • minnd
  • mmind
  • mnid

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mind - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

imnd2midn2mindd1minnd1mmind1mnid2
Edit distance from "mind"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mind"?
"mind" is spelled M-I-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \maɪnd\.
What does "mind" mean?
As a noun, "mind" means: Esprit.
What words are commonly confused with "mind"?
"mind" is commonly confused with "MN", "mon", "mis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mind"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mind" is \maɪnd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mind" come from?
"mind" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mind", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

omis#18,266Oslo#18,270hull#18,218huis#18,217

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Naomi6 variantsmaille6 variantspolie6 variantsIndia6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list