go through

Name: go through, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“go through” 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 travel from one end of something to the other.

Corpus desk

Index EN-go-through · go through · English

go through · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-THIN "G" 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.

Key facts for go through
Property	Value
Headword	go through
Language	English
Part of speech	Verb
Letters	10
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “go through” in English

go throughranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

go through is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 11 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for go through in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is go through, spelled G-O- -T-H-R-O-U-G-H.

Definition

1
To travel from one end of something to the other.
2
To execute or carry out.
3
To examine or scrutinize (a number or series of things).
4
To rob (someone), especially after searching through their clothes.
5
To enact or recite the entire length of (something).
6
To undergo, suffer, experience.
7
To use up or wear out (clothing etc.).
8
To progress to the next stage of something.
9
To reach an intended destination after passing through some process.
10
To beat, fight or attack (someone).
11
To be present and intense.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how go through appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

The train went through the tunnel.
Every morning, she went through her mail over a cup of coffee.

This word in other languages

atravesar(Español)traverser(Français)durchmachen(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "go through"?

"go through" is spelled G-O- -T-H-R-O-U-G-H.

What does "go through" mean?

As a verb, "go through" means: To travel from one end of something to the other.

What language does "go through" come from?

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