one thousand
"one-thousand" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“one thousand” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length.
Corpus desk
Index EN-one-thousand · one thousand · English
one thousand · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | one thousand |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “one thousand” in English
Rare enough to double-check
one thousand is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for one thousand, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is one thousand, spelled O-N-E- -T-H-O-U-S-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how one thousand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
One one thousand, two one thousand, three one thousand, ...
Synonyms
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.