put at ease

verb

"put-at-ease" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“put at ease” 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
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To evoke or cause someone to be relaxed or calm.

Key facts for put at ease
PropertyValue
Headwordput at ease
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “put at ease” sits in English frequency

put at ease 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for put at ease is 11 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. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "To evoke or cause someone to be relaxed or calm.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for put at ease, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is put at ease, spelled P-U-T- -A-T- -E-A-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    To evoke or cause someone to be relaxed or calm.

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 at ease"?
"put at ease" is spelled P-U-T- -A-T- -E-A-S-E.
What does "put at ease" mean?
As a verb, "put at ease" means: To evoke or cause someone to be relaxed or calm.
What language does "put at ease" come from?
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Using “put at ease”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is P-U-T- -A-T- -E-A-S-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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list