# lipid

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɪpɪd/ · frequency rank #19,886

## Definitions
1. Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water, and account for most of the fat present in the human body.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French lipide, coined in 1923 by Gabriel Bertrand from Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos, “animal fat”) + French -ide.

## Easily confused with
- **lips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lipid-vs-lips)
- **lived** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lipid-vs-lived)
- **lucid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lipid-vs-lucid)
- **livin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lipid-vs-livin)
- **livid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lipid-vs-livid)
- **lupin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lipid-vs-lupin)
- **lurid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lipid-vs-lurid)
- **Livia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lipid-vs-livia)
- **liquid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lipid-vs-liquid)
- **lipped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lipid-vs-lipped)
- **lip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lip-vs-lipid)
- **lid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lid-vs-lipid)
- **laid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laid-vs-lipid)
- **lied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lied-vs-lipid)
- **LAPD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lapd-vs-lipid)
- **lind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lind-vs-lipid)
- **lipa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lipa-vs-lipid)
- **liked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liked-vs-lipid)
- **limit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/limit-vs-lipid)
- **lined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lined-vs-lipid)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ilpid`, `liipd`, `lipdi`, `lipidd`, `lippid`, `llipid`, `lpiid`

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