# maid

> English word · Noun · IPA /meɪd/ · frequency rank #8,819

## Definitions
1. A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
2. An adult or adolescent female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant). (In feudal times this could be anyone from a high-ranking assistant to a low-ranking cleaner.)
3. A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.

## Etymology
From Middle English mayde, maide, abbreviation of Middle English maiden from Old English mæġden (Old English mǣden). Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (“girl, virgin”).

## Easily confused with
- **mi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-mi)
- **MD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-md)
- **may** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-may)
- **man** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-man)
- **map** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-map)
- **mix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-mix)
- **max** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-max)
- **min** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-min)
- **mar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-mar)
- **MUD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-mud)
- **mod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-mod)
- **med** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-med)
- **MIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-mia)
- **mat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-mat)
- **mic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-mic)
- **mil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-mil)
- **mit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-mit)
- **mao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-mao)
- **MRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-mri)
- **mal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-mal)

## Common misspellings (3)
`maidd`, `miad`, `mmaid`

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