# thanks

> English word · Interjection · IPA /ˈθæŋks/ · frequency rank #362

## Definitions
1. Used to express appreciation or gratitude.

## Etymology
From Middle English thanks, thankes, from Old English þancas (“thanks”), from Proto-Germanic *þankōs, nominative plural of *þankaz (“thought, gratitude”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel”). More at thank.

## Easily confused with
- **think** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thanks-vs-think)
- **thats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thanks-vs-thats)
- **trans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thanks-vs-trans)
- **thunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thanks-vs-thunk)
- **that's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thanks-vs-that-s)
- **things** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thanks-vs-things)
- **thinks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thanks-vs-thinks)
- **tracks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thanks-vs-tracks)
- **trunks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thanks-vs-trunks)
- **than** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/than-vs-thanks)
- **tank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tank-vs-thanks)
- **Tans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-thanks)
- **thank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thank-vs-thanks)
- **talks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talks-vs-thanks)
- **tanks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanks-vs-thanks)
- **tasks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasks-vs-thanks)
- **thane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thane-vs-thanks)
- **thang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thang-vs-thanks)
- **Thais** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thais-vs-thanks)
- **tacks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacks-vs-thanks)

## Common misspellings (10)
`htanks`, `tahnks`, `thakns`, `thankks`, `thankss`, `thannks`, `thansk`, `thhanks`, `thnaks`, `tthanks`

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