# liquid

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɪk.wɪd/ · frequency rank #3,702

## Definitions
1. A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
2. Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.

## Etymology
From Middle English liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid, moist”), from liqueō (“to be liquid, be fluid”). Doublet of liquidus. As a term for a consonant, it comes from Latin liquida (cōnsōnāns), a calque of Ancient Greek ὑγρὸν (σύμφωνον) (hugròn (súmphōnon), “liquid consonant”).

## Easily confused with
- **livid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liquid-vs-livid)
- **liquor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liquid-vs-liquor)
- **lipid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lipid-vs-liquid)
- **Likud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/likud-vs-liquid)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ilquid`, `liqiud`, `liqquid`, `liqudi`, `liquidd`, `liuqid`, `lliquid`, `lqiuid`

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