# timid

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈtɪmɪd/ · frequency rank #21,098

## Definitions
1. Lacking in courage or confidence.

## Etymology
From Middle French timide, from Latin timidus (“full of fear, fearful, timid”), from timeō (“to fear”).

## Easily confused with
- **TMI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timid-vs-tmi)
- **tired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timid-vs-tired)
- **Timmy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timid-vs-timmy)
- **Timor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timid-vs-timor)
- **Timon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timid-vs-timon)
- **timing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timid-vs-timing)
- **Tim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tim-vs-timid)
- **time** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/time-vs-timid)
- **tied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tied-vs-timid)
- **tiki** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiki-vs-timid)
- **Tami** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tami-vs-timid)
- **times** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/times-vs-timid)
- **Tamil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tamil-vs-timid)
- **timer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-timid)
- **tibia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tibia-vs-timid)
- **tepid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tepid-vs-timid)

## Common misspellings (7)
`itmid`, `tiimd`, `timdi`, `timidd`, `timmid`, `tmiid`, `ttimid`

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