# Thackeray

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #43,412

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A community in western Saskatchewan, Canada.

## Etymology
An English habitational surname from a place in Yorkshire, of Old Norse origin, from þak (“thatch, roof”) + rá (“nook”), therefore referring to a "place with thatching".

## Common misspellings (14)
`htackeray`, `tahckeray`, `thacckeray`, `thacekray`, `thackeary`, `thackerayy`, `thackerray`, `thackerya`, `thackkeray`, `thackreay`, `thakceray`, `thcakeray`, `thhackeray`, `tthackeray`

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