# midline

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #45,517

## Definitions
1. The medial line (or plane) of the body, which divides the body into halves that are mirror-images of each other.
2. The level of the top of the x-height of a typeface.

## Etymology
From mid- + line.

## Easily confused with
- **Milne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midline-vs-milne)
- **Millie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midline-vs-millie)
- **moline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midline-vs-moline)
- **milling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midline-vs-milling)
- **midwife** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midline-vs-midwife)
- **midland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midland-vs-midline)
- **midlife** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midlife-vs-midline)
- **Madeline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/madeline-vs-midline)
- **mainline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mainline-vs-midline)
- **middling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/middling-vs-midline)

## Common misspellings (10)
`imdline`, `mdiline`, `middline`, `midilne`, `midlien`, `midlinne`, `midlline`, `midlnie`, `mildine`, `mmidline`

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