thanked

/θæŋkt/

//θæŋkt// verb

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"thanked" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“thanked” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,341. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,341
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of thank

Corpus desk

Index EN-thanked · thanked · English

thanked · rank #12,341 · 11 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,341
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH symptom

Nearest frequency peer: symptom (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “thanked”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “thanked” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

thanked vs thanks
71% similar
thanked vs thawed
71% similar
thanked vs tracked
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for thanked
PropertyValue
Headwordthanked
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/θæŋkt/
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,341
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “thanked”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).thankedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “symptom” (#12,340), “theoretically” (#12,342), “swell” (#12,339). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “thanked” is #12,341. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around thanked (IPA /θæŋkt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,341 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of thank".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for thanked, with forms such as "htanked", "tahnked", and "thakned". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "thanks", "thawed", "tracked", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is thanked, spelled T-H-A-N-K-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of thank

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • htanked
  • tahnked
  • thakned
  • thanekd
  • thankde
  • thankedd
  • thankked
  • thannked
  • thhanked
  • thnaked
  • tthanked

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of thanked - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

htanked2tahnked2thakned2thanekd2thankde2thankedd1thankked1thannked1
Edit distance from "thanked"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "thanked"?
"thanked" is spelled T-H-A-N-K-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /θæŋkt/.
What does "thanked" mean?
As a verb, "thanked" means: simple past and past participle of thank
What words are commonly confused with "thanked"?
"thanked" is commonly confused with "thanks", "thawed", "tracked". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "thanked"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "thanked" is /θæŋkt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "thanked" come from?
"thanked" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "thanked", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

symptom#12,340valleys#12,347vinegar#12,349sensing#12,322

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

allergies11 variantsamnesty11 variantsBuddhism11 variantspolymer11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list