diff --git a/bucket.go b/bucket.go
index 6a4171c..8010f3e 100644
--- a/bucket.go
+++ b/bucket.go
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 package cuckoo
 
-type entry[K, V any] struct {
+// An Entry is a key-value pair.
+type Entry[K, V any] struct {
 	key   K
 	value V
 }
 
 type slot[K, V any] struct {
-	entry[K, V]
+	Entry[K, V]
 	occupied bool
 }
 
@@ -48,10 +49,13 @@ func (b *bucket[K, V]) drop(key K) (occupied bool) {
 	return false
 }
 
-func (b *bucket[K, V]) resize(capacity uint64) {
-	b.slots = make([]slot[K, V], capacity)
-	b.capacity = capacity
-	b.size = 0
+func (b *bucket[K, V]) resized(capacity uint64) bucket[K, V] {
+	return bucket[K, V]{
+		slots:    make([]slot[K, V], capacity),
+		capacity: capacity,
+		hash:     b.hash,
+		compare:  b.compare,
+	}
 }
 
 func (b bucket[K, V]) update(key K, value V) (updated bool) {
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ func (b bucket[K, V]) update(key K, value V) (updated bool) {
 	return false
 }
 
-func (b *bucket[K, V]) evict(insertion entry[K, V]) (evicted entry[K, V], eviction bool) {
+func (b *bucket[K, V]) insert(insertion Entry[K, V]) (evicted Entry[K, V], eviction bool) {
 	if b.capacity == 0 {
 		return insertion, true
 	}
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ func (b *bucket[K, V]) evict(insertion entry[K, V]) (evicted entry[K, V], evicti
 	slot := &b.slots[b.location(insertion.key)]
 
 	if !slot.occupied {
-		slot.entry = insertion
+		slot.Entry = insertion
 		slot.occupied = true
 		b.size++
 		return
@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ func (b *bucket[K, V]) evict(insertion entry[K, V]) (evicted entry[K, V], evicti
 		return
 	}
 
-	insertion, slot.entry = slot.entry, insertion
+	insertion, slot.Entry = slot.Entry, insertion
 	return insertion, true
 }
 
diff --git a/cuckoo_fuzz_test.go b/cuckoo_fuzz_test.go
index f849de0..8d30423 100644
--- a/cuckoo_fuzz_test.go
+++ b/cuckoo_fuzz_test.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func FuzzInsertLookup(f *testing.F) {
 				_, err = actual.Get(step.key)
 				assert.Error(err)
 			} else {
-				err := actual.Put(step.key, step.value)
+				_, err := actual.Put(step.key, step.value)
 				assert.NoError(err)
 
 				expected[step.key] = step.value
diff --git a/cuckoo_internal_test.go b/cuckoo_internal_test.go
index f2b24a3..ec07056 100644
--- a/cuckoo_internal_test.go
+++ b/cuckoo_internal_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 	table := NewTable[int, bool](Capacity(8))
 
 	for i := range 16 {
-		err := table.Put(i, true)
+		_, err := table.Put(i, true)
 		assert.NoError(err)
 		assert.Equal(float64(table.Size())/float64(table.TotalCapacity()), table.load())
 	}
diff --git a/cuckoo_test.go b/cuckoo_test.go
index 131194a..eac1734 100644
--- a/cuckoo_test.go
+++ b/cuckoo_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func TestAddItem(t *testing.T) {
 	key, value := 0, true
 	table := cuckoo.NewTable[int, bool]()
 
-	err := table.Put(key, value)
+	_, err := table.Put(key, value)
 
 	assert.NoError(err)
 	assert.Equal(1, table.Size())
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func TestPutOverwrite(t *testing.T) {
 	table := cuckoo.NewTable[int, int]()
 	(table.Put(key, value))
 
-	err := table.Put(key, newValue)
+	_, err := table.Put(key, newValue)
 
 	assert.NoError(err)
 	assert.Equal(1, table.Size())
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ func TestSameHash(t *testing.T) {
 	hash := func(int) uint64 { return 0 }
 	table := cuckoo.NewCustomTable[int, bool](hash, hash, cuckoo.DefaultEqualFunc[int])
 
-	errA := table.Put(0, true)
-	errB := table.Put(1, true)
-	errC := table.Put(2, true)
+	_, errA := table.Put(0, true)
+	_, errB := table.Put(1, true)
+	_, errC := table.Put(2, true)
 
 	assert.NoError(errA)
 	assert.NoError(errB)
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func TestResizeCapacity(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 
 	for table.TotalCapacity() == 16 {
-		err := table.Put(rand.Int(), true)
+		_, err := table.Put(rand.Int(), true)
 		assert.NoError(err)
 	}
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func TestPutMany(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for i := range 1_000 {
 		expected[i] = true
-		err := actual.Put(i, true)
+		_, err := actual.Put(i, true)
 
 		assert.NoError(err)
 	}
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func TestGetMany(t *testing.T) {
 	table := cuckoo.NewTable[int, bool]()
 
 	for i := range 1_000 {
-		err := table.Put(i, true)
+		_, err := table.Put(i, true)
 		assert.NoError(err)
 	}
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func TestPutNoCapacity(t *testing.T) {
 		cuckoo.Capacity(0),
 	)
 
-	err := table.Put(key, value)
+	_, err := table.Put(key, value)
 
 	assert.NoError(err)
 	assert.Equal(1, table.Size())
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ func TestBadHashCapacity(t *testing.T) {
 		cuckoo.Capacity(20),
 	)
 
-	err1 := table.Put(0, true)
-	err2 := table.Put(1, true)
-	err3 := table.Put(2, true)
+	_, err1 := table.Put(0, true)
+	_, err2 := table.Put(1, true)
+	_, err3 := table.Put(2, true)
 
 	assert.NoError(err1)
 	assert.NoError(err2)
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ func TestDropResizeCapacity(t *testing.T) {
 		cuckoo.Capacity(10),
 	)
 
-	err1 := table.Put(0, true)
-	err2 := table.Put(1, true)
+	_, err1 := table.Put(0, true)
+	_, err2 := table.Put(1, true)
 	err3 := table.Drop(1)
 
 	assert.NoError(errors.Join(err1, err2, err3))
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func TestNewTableBy(t *testing.T) {
 		func(u User) string { return u.id },
 	)
 
-	err := table.Put(User{nil, "1", "Robert"}, true)
+	_, err := table.Put(User{nil, "1", "Robert"}, true)
 
 	assert.NoError(err)
 	assert.Equal(1, table.Size())
diff --git a/doc_example_test.go b/doc_example_test.go
index 1fad4ff..86f8e0c 100644
--- a/doc_example_test.go
+++ b/doc_example_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 func Example_basic() {
 	table := cuckoo.NewTable[int, string]()
 
-	if err := table.Put(1, "Hello, World!"); err != nil {
+	if _, err := table.Put(1, "Hello, World!"); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Put error:", err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/settings.go b/settings.go
index fe0408f..425d6ba 100644
--- a/settings.go
+++ b/settings.go
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ const DefaultGrowthFactor uint64 = 2
 // [libcuckoo]: https://github.com/efficient/libcuckoo/blob/656714705a055df2b7a605eb3c71586d9da1e119/libcuckoo/cuckoohash_config.hh#L21
 const defaultMinimumLoad float64 = 0.05
 
+// defaultGrowthLimit is the maximum number of times a [Table] can grow in a
+// single [Table.Put], before the library infers it will lead to a stack
+// overflow. The value of '64' was chosen arbirarily.
+const defaultGrowthLimit uint64 = 64
+
 type settings struct {
 	growthFactor  uint64
 	minLoadFactor float64
diff --git a/table.go b/table.go
index 922aa81..e2b35ac 100644
--- a/table.go
+++ b/table.go
@@ -45,30 +45,61 @@ func (t Table[K, V]) load() float64 {
 	return float64(t.Size()) / float64(t.TotalCapacity())
 }
 
-// resize clears all buckets, changes the sizes of them to a specific capacity,
-// and fills them back up again. It is a helper function for [Table.grow] and
-// [Table.shrink]; use them instead.
-func (t *Table[K, V]) resize(capacity uint64) error {
-	entries := make([]entry[K, V], 0, t.Size())
-	for k, v := range t.Entries() {
-		entries = append(entries, entry[K, V]{k, v})
+// insert attempts to put/update an entry in the table, without modifying the
+// size of the table. Returns a displaced entry and 'homeless = true' if an
+// entry could not be placed after exhausting evictions.
+func (t *Table[K, V]) insert(entry Entry[K, V]) (displaced Entry[K, V], homeless bool) {
+	if t.bucketA.update(entry.key, entry.value) {
+		return
 	}
 
-	t.bucketA.resize(capacity)
-	t.bucketB.resize(capacity)
+	if t.bucketB.update(entry.key, entry.value) {
+		return
+	}
 
-	for _, entry := range entries {
-		if err := t.Put(entry.key, entry.value); err != nil {
-			return err
+	for range t.maxEvictions() {
+		if entry, homeless = t.bucketA.insert(entry); !homeless {
+			return
+		}
+
+		if entry, homeless = t.bucketB.insert(entry); !homeless {
+			return
 		}
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return entry, true
+}
+
+// resized creates an empty copy of the table, with a new capacity for each
+// bucket.
+func (t Table[K, V]) resized(capacity uint64) Table[K, V] {
+	return Table[K, V]{
+		growthFactor:  t.growthFactor,
+		minLoadFactor: t.minLoadFactor,
+		bucketA:       t.bucketA.resized(capacity),
+		bucketB:       t.bucketB.resized(capacity),
+	}
+}
+
+// resize creates a new [Table.resized] with 'capacity', inserts all items into
+// the array, and replaces the current table. It is a helper function for
+// [Table.grow] and [Table.shrink]; use them instead.
+func (t *Table[K, V]) resize(capacity uint64) bool {
+	updated := t.resized(capacity)
+
+	for k, v := range t.Entries() {
+		if _, failed := updated.insert(Entry[K, V]{k, v}); failed {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	*t = updated
+	return true
 }
 
 // grow increases the table's capacity by the [Table.growthFactor]. If the
 // capacity is 0, it increases it to 1.
-func (t *Table[K, V]) grow() error {
+func (t *Table[K, V]) grow() bool {
 	var newCapacity uint64
 
 	if t.TotalCapacity() == 0 {
@@ -82,7 +113,7 @@ func (t *Table[K, V]) grow() error {
 
 // shrink reduces the table's capacity by the [Table.growthFactor]. It may
 // reduce it down to 0.
-func (t *Table[K, V]) shrink() error {
+func (t *Table[K, V]) shrink() bool {
 	return t.resize(t.bucketA.capacity / t.growthFactor)
 }
 
@@ -106,36 +137,38 @@ func (t Table[K, V]) Has(key K) (exists bool) {
 	return err == nil
 }
 
-// Put sets the value for a key. Returns error if its value cannot be set.
-func (t *Table[K, V]) Put(key K, value V) (err error) {
-	if t.bucketA.update(key, value) {
-		return nil
-	}
+// Put sets the value for a key. If it cannot be set, an error is returned,
+// along with the last displaced entry.
+//
+// On failure, the returned entry and the current table contents together
+// preserve all previously inserted entries and the attempted entry.
+func (t *Table[K, V]) Put(key K, value V) (displaced Entry[K, V], err error) {
+	var (
+		entry    = Entry[K, V]{key, value}
+		homeless bool
+	)
 
-	if t.bucketB.update(key, value) {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	entry, eviction := entry[K, V]{key, value}, false
-	for range t.maxEvictions() {
-		if entry, eviction = t.bucketA.evict(entry); !eviction {
-			return nil
+	for range defaultGrowthLimit {
+		if entry, homeless = t.insert(entry); !homeless {
+			return
 		}
 
-		if entry, eviction = t.bucketB.evict(entry); !eviction {
-			return nil
+		// Both this and the growth limit are necessary: this catches bad hashes
+		// early when the table is sparse, while the latter catches cases where
+		// growing never helps.
+		if t.load() < t.minLoadFactor {
+			return entry, fmt.Errorf("bad hash: resize on load %d/%d", t.Size(), t.TotalCapacity())
+		}
+
+		// It is theoretically possible to have a table with a larger capacity
+		// that is valid. But this chance is astronomically small, so we ignore
+		// it in this implementation.
+		if grew := t.grow(); !grew {
+			return entry, fmt.Errorf("bad hash: could not redistribute entries into larger table")
 		}
 	}
 
-	if t.load() < t.minLoadFactor {
-		return fmt.Errorf("bad hash: resize on load %d/%d = %f", t.Size(), t.TotalCapacity(), t.load())
-	}
-
-	if err := t.grow(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return t.Put(entry.key, entry.value)
+	return entry, fmt.Errorf("bad hash: could not place entry after %d resizes", defaultGrowthLimit)
 }
 
 // Drop removes a value for a key in the table. Returns an error if its value
@@ -145,7 +178,9 @@ func (t *Table[K, V]) Drop(key K) (err error) {
 	t.bucketB.drop(key)
 
 	if t.load() < t.minLoadFactor {
-		return t.shrink()
+		// The error is not handled here, because table-shrinking is an internal
+		// optimization.
+		t.shrink()
 	}
 
 	return nil