thank you very much
"thank-you-very-much" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thank you very much” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Said to express greater gratitude than would be conveyed by thank you.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thank-you-very-much · thank you very much · English
thank you very much · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | thank you very much |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “thank you very much” in English
Rare enough to double-check
thank you very much is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
thank you very much has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is thank you very much, spelled T-H-A-N-K- -Y-O-U- -V-E-R-Y- -M-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1Said to express greater gratitude than would be conveyed by thank you.
- 2Expressing indignation that anyone could doubt the preceding statement; thanks a lot.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thank you very much appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Thank you very much indeed.
Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.