thicke
"thicke" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thicke” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,202. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,202
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolete spelling of thick.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thicke · thicke · English
thicke · rank #38,202 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,202
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Theron
Nearest frequency peer: Theron (-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 “thicke”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- telescopic
telescopic
61,805 corpus weight
- tenderly
tenderly
61,802 corpus weight
- termite
termite
61,801 corpus weight
- Theron
Theron
61,800 corpus weight
- thicke
thicke
61,799 corpus weight
- tig
tig
61,795 corpus weight
What this shows “thicke” 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 | thicke |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #38,202 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “thicke”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around thicke, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #38,202 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Obsolete spelling of thick.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for thicke, with forms such as "hticke", "thcike", and "thhicke". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tick", "think", "twice", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is thicke, spelled T-H-I-C-K-E.
Definition
- 1Obsolete spelling of thick.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thicke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The ground is couered thicke with pokickeries (which is a wild Wall-nut very hard and thick of shell; but the meate (though little) is passing sweete,) with black Wall-nuts, and acorns bigger than Ours.
Looke thou no further, but affixe thine eye 50 On that bright shynie round still moving masse, The house of blessed God, which men call Skye, All sowd with glistring stars more thicke then grasse, Whereof each other doth in brightnesse passe, But those two most, which, ruling night and day, 55 As king and queene the heavens empire sway; And tell me then,…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hticke
- thcike
- thhicke
- thiccke
- thicek
- thickke
- thikce
- tihcke
- tthicke
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of thicke - 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 "thicke", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).