spirit away
/ˈspɪɹ.ɪt əˌweɪ/
"spirit-away" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spirit 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To remove without anyone's noticing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-spirit-away · spirit away · English
spirit away · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | spirit away |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈspɪɹ.ɪt əˌweɪ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “spirit away” in English
Rare enough to double-check
spirit away is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈspɪɹ.ɪt əˌweɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for spirit away, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is spirit away, spelled S-P-I-R-I-T- -A-W-A-Y.
Definition
- 1To remove without anyone's noticing.
- 2To carry off through the agency of a spirit or through some magical means.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spirit away appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The paintings were spirited away under cover of darkness.
"But far up in the country, in the mountain districts, we still often hear of fairies having been seen, of their spiriting people away into the mountains, and such like.
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.