set store by
"set-store-by" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“set store by” 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 believe that something is very necessary or important; to value highly.
Corpus desk
Index EN-set-store-by · set store by · English
set store by · 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 "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 | set store by |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “set store by” in English
Rare enough to double-check
set store by is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To believe that something is very necessary or important; to value highly.".
set store by doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is set store by, spelled S-E-T- -S-T-O-R-E- -B-Y.
Definition
- 1To believe that something is very necessary or important; to value highly.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how set store by appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We live in a society that sets great store by science and technology.
[...] we rather wonder whether too much store is set on intellectual as against executive ability as a pre-requisite in the good railway officer.
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.