# establish

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/ · frequency rank #3,230

## Definitions
1. To make stable or firm; to confirm.
2. To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
3. To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
4. To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to demonstrate.

## Etymology
From Middle English establissen, from Old French establiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of establir, (Modern French établir), from Latin stabiliō, stabilīre, from stabilis (“firm, steady, stable”).

## Easily confused with
- **established** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/establish-vs-established)

## Common misspellings (14)
`esatblish`, `esstablish`, `estabblish`, `estabilsh`, `establihs`, `establishh`, `establissh`, `establlish`, `establsih`, `estalbish`, `estbalish`, `esttablish`, `etsablish`, `setablish`

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