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midsection

/ˈmɪdˌsɛkʃən/noun

midsection is spelled M-I-D-S-E-C-T-I-O-N: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, midsection means “The middle section of something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of midsection is midsections.

How many letters and syllables are in midsection?

Letters10: M-I-D-S-E-C-T-I-O-N
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 3 million words; the 51,738th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is midsection?

Midsection appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th 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 midsection?

  • /ˈmɪdˌsɛkʃən/

Midsection has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of midsection

  • midsections plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does midsection mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The middle section of something.

  2. 2

    The midriff; the section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does midsection come from?

From mid- + section.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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