# Midas

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈmaɪ.dəs/ · frequency rank #30,135

## Definitions
1. A king who sought and was for a while granted the cherished but subtly dangerous magical power to turn anything he touched into gold.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Midās, from Ancient Greek Μίδᾱς (Mídās), from Phrygian Μιδας (Midas).

## Easily confused with
- **miss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midas-vs-miss)
- **MIDI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midas-vs-midi)
- **mina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midas-vs-mina)
- **mods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midas-vs-mods)
- **Mira** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midas-vs-mira)
- **Mika** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midas-vs-mika)
- **Mila** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midas-vs-mila)
- **muda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midas-vs-muda)
- **miles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midas-vs-miles)
- **minds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midas-vs-minds)
- **Mills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midas-vs-mills)
- **mines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midas-vs-mines)
- **Milan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midas-vs-milan)
- **minus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midas-vs-minus)
- **midst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midas-vs-midst)
- **modal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midas-vs-modal)
- **mints** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midas-vs-mints)
- **modus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midas-vs-modus)
- **Minas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midas-vs-minas)
- **mists** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midas-vs-mists)

## Common misspellings (6)
`imdas`, `mdias`, `midass`, `middas`, `midsa`, `mmidas`

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