# quid

> English word · Noun · IPA /kwɪd/ · frequency rank #19,182

## Definitions
1. The inherent nature of something.
2. A member of a section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811, following John Randolph of Roanoke. (From tertium quid.)
3. Paired with quo, in reference to the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”): something offered in exchange for something else.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quid (“what, something”), neuter singular of quis (“who”).

## Easily confused with
- **quo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quid-vs-quo)
- **quit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quid-vs-quit)
- **quiz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quid-vs-quiz)
- **quip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quid-vs-quip)
- **quite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quid-vs-quite)
- **quiet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quid-vs-quiet)
- **Quinn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quid-vs-quinn)
- **quits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quid-vs-quits)
- **quilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quid-vs-quilt)
- **quirk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quid-vs-quirk)
- **quill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quid-vs-quill)
- **Quito** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quid-vs-quito)
- **quint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quid-vs-quint)
- **qi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/qi-vs-quid)
- **qu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/qu-vs-quid)
- **que** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/que-vs-quid)
- **qin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/qin-vs-quid)
- **qua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/qua-vs-quid)
- **Qiu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/qiu-vs-quid)
- **quad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quad-vs-quid)

## Common misspellings (5)
`qiud`, `qquid`, `qudi`, `quidd`, `uqid`

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