mid
/mɪd/adjective, noun, adverb, preposition
mid is spelled M-I-D: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 66 times per million words in written English, the 1,602nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, mid means “Occupying a middle position; middle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mid?
| Letters | 3: M-I-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 66 times per million words; the 1,602nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is mid?
Mid appears 66 times per million words in written English, the 1,602nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mid?
- /mɪd/
Mid has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mid.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mid?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mid.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dim.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of mid
- midmost superlative
- mids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mid mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Occupying a middle position; middle.
- 2
Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; said of certain vowel sounds, such as, [e o ɛ ɔ].
- 3
Mediocre; of middling quality.
- 4
Trashy; low-quality.
noun
- 1
slangThe middle of the battlefield.
We need to retake mid.
- 2
A mid-range.
- 3
archaicMiddle.
adverb
- 1
slangTo or into the middle of the battlefield.
Everyone head mid.
preposition
- 1
With.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:mid.
- 2
archaicAmid.
mid the best
noun
- 1
Initialism of mobile information device.
- 2
Initialism of militarized international (or interstate) dispute.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does mid come from?
Inherited from Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“mid, middle, midway”), from Proto-West Germanic *midi, from Proto-Germanic *midjaz (“mid, middle”, adjective), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).