put the kibosh on
"put-the-kibosh-on" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“put the kibosh on” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To halt, stop, or squelch.
Corpus desk
Index EN-put-the-kibosh-on · put the kibosh on · English
put the kibosh on · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 the kibosh on |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “put the kibosh on” in English
Rare enough to double-check
put the kibosh on is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To halt, stop, or squelch.".
No misspelling variants are generated for put the kibosh on in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: See kibosh. The correct English form is put the kibosh on, spelled P-U-T- -T-H-E- -K-I-B-O-S-H- -O-N.
Definition
- 1To halt, stop, or squelch.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how put the kibosh on appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Someone really needs to go put the kibosh on that noisy party.
("Hoo-roa," ejaculates a pot-boy in a parenthesis, "put the kye-bosh on her, Mary.")
Etymology
See kibosh.
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.