# squid

> English word · Noun · IPA /skwɪd/ · frequency rank #16,356

## Definitions
1. Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
2. A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
3. A sailor in the Navy.
4. A quid; one pound sterling.
5. A vampire squid.

## Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps a sailors' alteration of squirt.

## Easily confused with
- **Sui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squid-vs-sui)
- **sud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squid-vs-sud)
- **suit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squid-vs-suit)
- **sued** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squid-vs-sued)
- **stud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squid-vs-stud)
- **staid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squid-vs-staid)
- **stupid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squid-vs-stupid)
- **squire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squid-vs-squire)
- **squirt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squid-vs-squirt)
- **squish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squid-vs-squish)
- **squint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squid-vs-squint)
- **squirm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squid-vs-squirm)
- **Sid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sid-vs-squid)
- **said** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/said-vs-squid)
- **slid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slid-vs-squid)
- **skid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skid-vs-squid)
- **spud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spud-vs-squid)
- **sound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sound-vs-squid)
- **solid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solid-vs-squid)
- **squad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squad-vs-squid)

## Common misspellings (7)
`qsuid`, `sqiud`, `sqquid`, `squdi`, `squidd`, `ssquid`, `suqid`

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