# mime

> English word · Noun · IPA /maɪm/ · frequency rank #26,885

## Definitions
1. A form of acting without words; pantomime.
2. A pantomime actor.
3. A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.
4. A performer of such a farce.
5. A person who mimics others in a comical manner.
6. Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Chilasa or Papilio, that mimic other species in appearance.
7. A unit of imitation in the theory of symbiosism.

## Etymology
Possibly from Middle English *mime, from Old English mīma (“a buffoon, jester, mime”), from Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”), but more likely re-borrowed in modern times from French mime (“mimic actor”), from the same source.

## Easily confused with
- **MM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-mm)
- **mom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-mom)
- **mix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-mix)
- **min** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-min)
- **mum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-mum)
- **mit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-mit)
- **MMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-mma)
- **mmm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-mmm)
- **moe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-moe)
- **mir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-mir)
- **MSM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-msm)
- **MLM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-mlm)
- **Mme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-mme)
- **miz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-miz)
- **MMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-mms)
- **MMO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-mmo)
- **MMC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-mmc)
- **MMP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-mmp)
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-more)
- **mind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-mind)

## Common misspellings (5)
`imme`, `miem`, `mimme`, `mmie`, `mmime`

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