# sidebar

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #26,599

## Definitions
1. A short news story printed alongside a larger one.
2. A block of information placed at the side of a printed page.
3. A block of information placed at the side of a webpage.
4. A short conference, between a judge and the attorneys of a case, held outside the hearing of the jury and the spectators at the court.
5. The place in the courtroom where such a conference happens.
6. An accessory side note or aside made during a conversation, without changing the scope of the audience.
7. A short conversation between a smaller portion of a group held outside the hearing of the rest of the group.

## Etymology
From side + bar.

## Easily confused with
- **sideboard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sidebar-vs-sideboard)

## Common misspellings (10)
`isdebar`, `sdiebar`, `sidbear`, `siddebar`, `sideabr`, `sidebarr`, `sidebbar`, `sidebra`, `siedbar`, `ssidebar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sidebar