# amid

> English word · Preposition · IPA /əˈmɪd/ · frequency rank #7,645

## Definitions
1. In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by.

## Etymology
From Middle English amidde, Old English on middan, a- + mid.

## Easily confused with
- **and** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-and)
- **Amy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-amy)
- **amp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-amp)
- **API** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-api)
- **Ari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-ari)
- **ani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-ani)
- **Avi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-avi)
- **aud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-aud)
- **ard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-ard)
- **ASD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-asd)
- **AMR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-amr)
- **amt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-amt)
- **Asi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-asi)
- **AML** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-aml)
- **Asia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-asia)
- **axis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-axis)
- **avid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-avid)
- **ammo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-ammo)
- **Amos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-amos)
- **amir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-amir)

## Common misspellings (4)
`aimd`, `amdi`, `amidd`, `ammid`

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