bear away the bell
"bear-away-the-bell" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bear away the bell” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To be superior in something.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bear away the bell |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bear away the bell” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for bear away the bell is 18 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "To be superior in something.".
bear away the bell doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: A bell was once a traditional prize in races. The correct English form is bear away the bell, spelled B-E-A-R- -A-W-A-Y- -T-H-E- -B-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1To be superior in something.
Etymology
A bell was once a traditional prize in races.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bear away the bell”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-E-A-R- -A-W-A-Y- -T-H-E- -B-E-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.