# midget vs Midwest

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### midget
*noun · IPA /ˈmɪd͡ʒɪt/ · frequency rank #20,427*
A very small thing; especially one which is conspicuously smaller than expected or by comparison.

### Midwest
*name · frequency rank #9,634*
The area of the contiguous United States contained in the central third of the country, especially the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas, sometimes inclusive of Missouri and Kentucky.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midget-vs-midwest