beside the mark
"beside-the-mark" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“beside the mark” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - beside the point, irrelevant, neither here nor there
Corpus desk
Index EN-beside-the-mark · beside the mark · English
beside the mark · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beside the mark |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “beside the mark” in English
Rare enough to double-check
beside the mark is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "beside the point, irrelevant, neither here nor there".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for beside the mark, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: In reference to a mark that would be aimed at e.g. in archery. The correct English form is beside the mark, spelled B-E-S-I-D-E- -T-H-E- -M-A-R-K.
Definition
- 1beside the point, irrelevant, neither here nor there
Etymology
In reference to a mark that would be aimed at e.g. in archery.
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.