# Midas vs midge

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Midas
*name · IPA /ˈmaɪ.dəs/ · frequency rank #30,135*
A king who sought and was for a while granted the cherished but subtly dangerous magical power to turn anything he touched into gold.

### midge
*noun · IPA /mɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #38,967*
Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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