for the sake of
"for-the-sake-of" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“for the sake of” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a prep_phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Because of; out of consideration for; in the interest of.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | for the sake of |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “for the sake of” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for for the sake of is 15 letters long, classified as a prep_phrase. 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: "Because of; out of consideration for; in the interest of.".
for the sake of doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is for the sake of, spelled F-O-R- -T-H-E- -S-A-K-E- -O-F.
Definition
- 1Because of; out of consideration for; in the interest of.
This word in other languages
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 “for the sake of”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-O-R- -T-H-E- -S-A-K-E- -O-F - 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.