# thence

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ðɛns/ · frequency rank #26,627

## Definitions
1. From there, from that place or from that time.
2. Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom.
3. From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.

## Etymology
From Middle English þennes, from þenne + -es (“adverbial ending”), the former from þanan, þanona, from Proto-West Germanic *þananā. Cognate with Westphalian Low German diëne.

## Easily confused with
- **there** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thence-vs-there)
- **these** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thence-vs-these)
- **thine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thence-vs-thine)
- **trench** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thence-vs-trench)
- **trance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thence-vs-trance)
- **thrice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thence-vs-thrice)
- **Thrace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thence-vs-thrace)
- **then** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/then-vs-thence)
- **thee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-thence)
- **theme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/theme-vs-thence)
- **tense** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tense-vs-thence)
- **thane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thane-vs-thence)
- **Terence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/terence-vs-thence)

## Common misspellings (10)
`htence`, `tehnce`, `thance`, `thecne`, `thencce`, `thenec`, `thennce`, `thhence`, `thnece`, `tthence`

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