# Medici

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #28,990

## Definitions
1. A surname from Italian.
2. A powerful and influential aristocratic Florentine family from the 13th to 17th centuries.
3. A member of this family.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Medici.

## Easily confused with
- **merci** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medici-vs-merci)
- **Meiji** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medici-vs-meiji)
- **Mexico** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medici-vs-mexico)
- **medium** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medici-vs-medium)
- **Medina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medici-vs-medina)
- **medicine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medici-vs-medicine)
- **media** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/media-vs-medici)
- **medic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-medici)
- **median** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/median-vs-medici)
- **medial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medial-vs-medici)
- **medical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medical-vs-medici)
- **Medicaid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medicaid-vs-medici)

## Common misspellings (8)
`emdici`, `mdeici`, `medcii`, `meddici`, `medicci`, `mediic`, `meidci`, `mmedici`

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