thankful
/ˈθæŋkfl̩/
"thankful" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thankful” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,990. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,990
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Showing appreciation or gratitude.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thankful · thankful · English
thankful · rank #7,990 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #7,990
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH texture
Nearest frequency peer: texture (-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 “thankful”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- sustain
sustain
92,014 corpus weight
- tenure
tenure
92,013 corpus weight
- texture
texture
92,012 corpus weight
- thankful
thankful
92,011 corpus weight
- translate
translate
92,010 corpus weight
- treasurer
treasurer
92,009 corpus weight
What this shows “thankful” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thankful |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈθæŋkfl̩/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,990 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “thankful”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around thankful (IPA /ˈθæŋkfl̩/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,990 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for thankful, with forms such as "htankful", "tahnkful", and "thaknful". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "thankfully", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English thankful, from Old English þancful, þancfull (“thoughtful, pleasing, agreeable, pleasant, thankful, grateful”), equivalent to thank + -ful. Compare Old High German undankfol (“unthankful, ungrateful”). The correct English form is thankful, spelled T-H-A-N-K-F-U-L.
Definition
- 1Showing appreciation or gratitude.
- 2Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how thankful appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I'm thankful that you helped me out today. How can I ever repay you?
Etymology
From Middle English thankful, from Old English þancful, þancfull (“thoughtful, pleasing, agreeable, pleasant, thankful, grateful”), equivalent to thank + -ful. Compare Old High German undankfol (“unthankful, ungrateful”).
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- htankful
- tahnkful
- thaknful
- thanfkul
- thankfful
- thankflu
- thankfull
- thankkful
- thankufl
- thannkful
- thhankful
- thnakful
- tthankful
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of thankful - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "thankful", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).