put aside

verb

"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.

Key facts for put aside
PropertyValue
Headwordput aside
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “put aside” in English

put asidefalls 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

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

  1. 1
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, aside.
  2. 2
    To save or keep (something) to be used at a later time.
  3. 3
    To ignore or intentionally disregard (something), temporarily or permanently, so that more important things can occupy one's attention.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how put aside appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I try to put a few dollars aside each week, just in case I need money in an emergency.
  2. Let's put our differences aside for the moment, and get this project finished.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "put aside"?
"put aside" is spelled P-U-T- -A-S-I-D-E.
What does "put aside" mean?
As a verb, "put aside" means: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, aside.
What language does "put aside" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list