# beside

> English word · Preposition · IPA /bɪˈsaɪd/ · frequency rank #5,190

## Definitions
1. Next to; at the side of.
2. Not relevant to.
3. Besides; in addition to.

## Etymology
From Middle English beside, besiden, bisyde (also besides > besides), from Old English be sīdan, bī sīdan (“by the side (of), on the side (of)”). Compare Saterland Frisian biesiede (“aside”), German Low German bisied (“aside”), German beiseite (“aside, to one side”). Compare also Dutch terzijde (“aside”). By surface analysis, be- + side.

## Easily confused with
- **bide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beside-vs-bide)
- **bride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beside-vs-bride)
- **Bessie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beside-vs-bessie)
- **bestie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beside-vs-bestie)
- **besides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beside-vs-besides)
- **bede** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bede-vs-beside)
- **beige** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beige-vs-beside)
- **Belize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belize-vs-beside)
- **belive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belive-vs-beside)
- **bedside** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bedside-vs-beside)
- **bayside** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bayside-vs-beside)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bbeside`, `beisde`, `besdie`, `besidde`, `besied`, `besside`, `bseide`, `ebside`

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