split one's sides
"split-one-s-sides" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“split one's sides” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To laugh hysterically.
Corpus desk
Index EN-split-one-s-sides · split one's sides · English
split one's sides · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 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 | split one's sides |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “split one's sides” in English
Rare enough to double-check
split one's sides is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To laugh hysterically.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for split one's sides, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is split one's sides, spelled S-P-L-I-T- -O-N-E-'-S- -S-I-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1To laugh hysterically.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how split one's sides appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Madcap Ciss with her golliwog curls. You had to laugh at her sometimes. For instance when she asked you would you have some more Chinese tea and jaspberry ram and when she drew the jugs too and the men's faces on her nails with red ink make you split your sides[…]
And we sat and watched the women hide Laughed so much we split our sides Scattered horses that they would ride Mayhem in the high degree.
This word in other languages
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.