midden
/ˈmɪdən/noun
midden is spelled M-I-D-D-E-N: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 72,332nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, midden means “A dung heap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of midden is middens.
How many letters and syllables are in midden?
| Letters | 6: M-I-D-D-E-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 72,332nd 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; 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 midden?
Midden appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 72,332nd 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 midden?
- /ˈmɪdən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-midden.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with midden?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as midden.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: minded.
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 midden
- middens plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does midden mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A dung heap.
- 2
A refuse heap usually near a dwelling.
- 3
An accumulation, deposit, or soil derived from occupation debris, rubbish, or other by-products of human activity, such as bone, shell, ash, or decayed organic materials; or a pile or mound of such materials, often prehistoric.
- 4
A shelter made of vegetation and other materials by packrats.
- 5
An accumulation of dried urine and fecal deposits made by hyraxes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Midden in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Müllgrube, Müllhaufen |
| Spanish | basural , conchero |
| Portuguese | cascal |
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 midden come from?
From Middle English midding, myddyng, from Old Danish mykdyngja, (a compound of Old Norse myk, myki (“muck, manure”) and dyngja (“dung, dungpile”)), whence also Danish møgdynge and mødding, Norwegian mødding, dialectal Swedish mödding.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).