# amidst

> English word · Preposition · IPA /aˈmɪdst/ · frequency rank #13,657

## Definitions
1. In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.

## Etymology
From amids + -t (excrescent), from amid + -s (genitive). By surface analysis, amid + -st (excrescent). Root amid from Middle English amidde, amiddes, on midden, from Old English on middan (“in the middle”), from midd (“central”) (English mid).

## Easily confused with
- **amit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amidst-vs-amit)
- **Amis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amidst-vs-amis)
- **Amish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amidst-vs-amish)
- **amiss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amidst-vs-amiss)
- **AIDS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aids-vs-amidst)
- **amid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-amidst)
- **acids** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acids-vs-amidst)

## Common misspellings (9)
`aimdst`, `amdist`, `amiddst`, `amidsst`, `amidstt`, `amidts`, `amisdt`, `ammidst`, `maidst`

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