put away

Name: put away, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English: 8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up.

Corpus desk

Index EN-put-away · put away · English

put away · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
LEN-LONG 8 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 away
Property	Value
Headword	put away
Language	English
Part of speech	Verb
Letters	8
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “put away” in English

put awaysits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

put away is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 13 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for put away, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is put away, spelled P-U-T- -A-W-A-Y.

Definition

1
To put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up.
2
To store, add to one's stores for later use.
3
To consume (food or drink), especially in large quantities.
4
To send (someone) to prison or mental asylum.
5
To kill someone.
6
To knock out an opponent.
7
To discard, divest oneself of.
8
To fend off, deflect; to dismiss.
9
To divorce.
10
To take a large lead in a game, especially enough to guarantee victory or make the game no longer competitive.
11
To strike out a batter.
12
To catch a fly ball or tag out a baserunner.
13
To hit the ball in such a way that the opponent cannot reach it; see passing shot.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Please put away the tools when you are finished.
I put the clothes away so as to neaten the room.

This word in other languages

guardar(Español)ranger(Français)wegräumen(Deutsch)guardar(Português)

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 away"?

"put away" is spelled P-U-T- -A-W-A-Y.

What does "put away" mean?

As a verb, "put away" means: To put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up.

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