put aside
"put-aside" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“put aside” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, aside.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | put aside |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “put aside” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for put aside is 9 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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 “put aside”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-U-T- -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.