# Midwest

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #9,634

## Definitions
1. The area of the contiguous United States contained in the central third of the country, especially the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas, sometimes inclusive of Missouri and Kentucky.
2. A town in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States.

## Etymology
From mid- + West.

## Easily confused with
- **modest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midwest-vs-modest)
- **midst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midst-vs-midwest)
- **midget** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midget-vs-midwest)
- **midweek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midweek-vs-midwest)
- **Mideast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mideast-vs-midwest)

## Common misspellings (11)
`imdwest`, `mdiwest`, `middwest`, `midewst`, `midwesst`, `midwestt`, `midwets`, `midwset`, `midwwest`, `miwdest`, `mmidwest`

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