# mi

> English word · Noun · IPA /miː/ · frequency rank #4,315

## Definitions
1. A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.

## Etymology
From Glover's solmization, from Middle English mi (“third degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian mi in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin mīra (“miracles; the miraculous”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

## Easily confused with
- **my** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mi-vs-my)
- **Mr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mi-vs-mr)
- **MS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mi-vs-ms)
- **MM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mi-vs-mm)
- **MO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mi-vs-mo)
- **MP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mi-vs-mp)
- **MT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mi-vs-mt)
- **ML** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mi-vs-ml)
- **MN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mi-vs-mn)
- **mu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mi-vs-mu)
- **MK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mi-vs-mk)
- **MW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mi-vs-mw)
- **MV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mi-vs-mv)
- **MJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mi-vs-mj)
- **Mx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mi-vs-mx)
- **mom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mi-vs-mom)
- **Mrs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mi-vs-mrs)
- **mix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mi-vs-mix)
- **min** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mi-vs-min)
- **mum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mi-vs-mum)

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