# thwart vs toward

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### thwart
*adjective · IPA /θwɔːt/ · frequency rank #26,996*
Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.

### toward
*preposition · IPA /təˈwɔːd/ · frequency rank #1,970*
In the direction of.

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