# midst vs Midwest

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### midst
*noun · IPA /mɪdst/ · frequency rank #8,453*
A place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location.

### 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/midst-vs-midwest