put aside
"put-aside" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“put 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
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, aside.
Corpus desk
Index EN-put-aside · put aside · English
put aside · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | put aside |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “put aside” in English
Rare enough to double-check
put aside is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
put aside doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is put aside, spelled P-U-T- -A-S-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, aside.
- 2To save or keep (something) to be used at a later time.
- 3To ignore or intentionally disregard (something), temporarily or permanently, so that more important things can occupy one's attention.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how put aside appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I try to put a few dollars aside each week, just in case I need money in an emergency.
Let's put our differences aside for the moment, and get this project finished.
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.