# middleweight

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #27,930

## Definitions
1. A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports
2. A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc
3. A class in between heavy and light.
4. An employee ranking anywhere between junior and senior.

## Etymology
From middle + weight.

## Common misspellings (17)
`imddleweight`, `mdidleweight`, `middelweight`, `middleewight`, `middlewegiht`, `middleweigght`, `middleweighht`, `middleweightt`, `middleweigth`, `middleweihgt`, `middlewieght`, `middlewweight`, `middlleweight`, `middlweeight`, `midldeweight`, `midleweight`, `mmiddleweight`

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