put someone in their place
"put-someone-in-their-place" is a 22-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“put someone in their place” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To remind someone of their position.
Corpus desk
Index EN-put-someone-in-their-pla · put someone in their place · English
put someone in their place · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 26 letters
- VOW-10 10 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 someone in their place |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 26 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “put someone in their place” in English
Rare enough to double-check
put someone in their place is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for put someone in their place, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is put someone in their place, spelled P-U-T- -S-O-M-E-O-N-E- -I-N- -T-H-E-I-R- -P-L-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1To remind someone of their position.
- 2To bring somebody down; to humble or rebuke.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how put someone in their place appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His quips at the party aimed to put the CEO in his place.
The response, culminating in Rooney finishing off a slick exchange of incisive, pass-them-to-death football, quickly put Scotland back in their place.
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.