give away
"give-away" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“give away” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - To make a gift of (something).
Corpus desk
Index EN-give-away · give away · English
give away · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | give away |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “give away” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
give away is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
give away doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is give away, spelled G-I-V-E- -A-W-A-Y.
Definition
- 1To make a gift of (something).
- 2To sell very cheaply.
- 3To relinquish control over.
- 4To formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father.
- 5To unintentionally reveal a secret or divulge undisclosed information; to betray or expose someone.
- 6To concede an advantage in weight, time, height etc.
- 7To concede.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how give away appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I didn't like that book, so I gave it away.
Some people gave away their savings, assuming that, within a few years, money would be useless or everyone on Earth would be dead.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.