leave aside

verb

"leave-aside" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“leave aside” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To not talk about a topic so as to allow full consideration to something else.

Key facts for leave aside
PropertyValue
Headwordleave aside
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “leave aside” sits in English frequency

leave aside falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

leave aside is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To not talk about a topic so as to allow full consideration to something else.".

Zero misspellings are on record for leave aside in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is leave aside, spelled L-E-A-V-E- -A-S-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    To not talk about a topic so as to allow full consideration to something else.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "leave aside"?
"leave aside" is spelled L-E-A-V-E- -A-S-I-D-E.
What does "leave aside" mean?
As a verb, "leave aside" means: To not talk about a topic so as to allow full consideration to something else.
What language does "leave aside" come from?
"leave aside" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “leave aside”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is L-E-A-V-E- -A-S-I-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list