# aside

> English word · Adverb · IPA /əˈsaɪd/ · frequency rank #2,513

## Definitions
1. To or on one side so as to be out of the way.
2. Excluded from consideration.

## Etymology
From Middle English aside, asyde, a-side, oside, from Middle English on side, from Old English on sīdan (literally “on (the) side (of)”), equivalent to a- + side. Compare beside.

## Easily confused with
- **avid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aside-vs-avid)
- **Asif** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aside-vs-asif)
- **aspire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aside-vs-aspire)
- **asides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aside-vs-asides)
- **astride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aside-vs-astride)
- **aid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aid-vs-aside)
- **ASD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asd-vs-aside)
- **Asi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asi-vs-aside)
- **Asia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asia-vs-aside)
- **acid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acid-vs-aside)
- **AIDS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aids-vs-aside)
- **amid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amid-vs-aside)
- **aide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aide-vs-aside)
- **arid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arid-vs-aside)
- **ashe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ashe-vs-aside)
- **aida** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aida-vs-aside)
- **ASIC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asic-vs-aside)
- **Asad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asad-vs-aside)
- **Arie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arie-vs-aside)
- **alive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alive-vs-aside)

## Common misspellings (6)
`aisde`, `asdie`, `asidde`, `asied`, `asside`, `saide`

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