send away
"send-away" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“send 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
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To dismiss from one's presence.
Corpus desk
Index EN-send-away · send away · English
send away · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | send away |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “send away” in English
Rare enough to double-check
send away is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
send away has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is send away, spelled S-E-N-D- -A-W-A-Y.
Definition
- 1To dismiss from one's presence.
- 2To send (someone) to a particular place for a long time, as a family member, an employee, etc.
- 3To send (someone) to a particular place for a long time, as a family member, an employee, etc.
- 4To dispatch orders to a place for something to be delivered.
- 5Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see send, away.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how send away appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The salesman was taking up too much time with his nonsense, so I sent him away.
We are going to send our son away to live with his uncle in America for a year.
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.