put to death
"put-to-death" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“put to death” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To kill as punishment for capital crimes; to execute.
Corpus desk
Index EN-put-to-death · put to death · English
put to death · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | put to death |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “put to death” in English
Rare enough to double-check
put to death is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To kill as punishment for capital crimes; to execute.".
put to death has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 to death, spelled P-U-T- -T-O- -D-E-A-T-H.
Definition
- 1To kill as punishment for capital crimes; to execute.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how put to death appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The fathers shall not bee put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: euery man shall be put to death for his owne sinne.
One of Clemons's three co-defendants has already been executed, and Clemons himself came within 12 days of being put to death in 2009.
Synonyms
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.