throw away
"throw-away" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“throw 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.
Corpus desk
Index EN-throw-away · throw away · English
throw away · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | throw away |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “throw away” in English
Rare enough to double-check
throw away is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for throw away in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is throw away, spelled T-H-R-O-W- -A-W-A-Y.
Definition
- 1To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.
- 2To waste, to squander.
- 3To intentionally throw an incomplete pass.
- 4To give lightly, in an offhand manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how throw away appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He wanted to throw away the cup, but he couldn't find a trash can.
Don't throw the newspaper away, it goes in the recycle bin!
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.