midriff
/ˈmɪdɹɪf/noun
midriff is spelled M-I-D-R-I-F-F: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, midriff means “The middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist; the abdomen and its back part” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of midriff is midriffs.
How many letters and syllables are in midriff?
| Letters | 7: M-I-D-R-I-F-F |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 61,481st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is midriff?
Midriff appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st 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 midriff?
- /ˈmɪdɹɪf/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-midriff.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of midriff
- midriffs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does midriff mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist; the abdomen and its back part.
Near-synonym: midsection
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Midriff in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense mid section of the human torso:
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 midriff come from?
From Middle English midref, mydrif, from Old English midrif, midhrif (“the midriff; diaphragm”), from Proto-West Germanic *middjahrif. Equivalent to mid- + riff.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).