thicket
thick·et/ˈθɪkɪt/noun
thicket is spelled T-H-I-C-K-E-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables (thick·et). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, thicket means “A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of thicket is thickets.
How many letters and syllables are in thicket?
| Letters | 7: T-H-I-C-K-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: thick·et |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,145th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is thicket?
Thicket appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce thicket?
- /ˈθɪkɪt/
- [ˈθɪkɪt]
- /ˈθɪkət/
Thicket has 2 syllables, split thick·et in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-thicket.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-thicket.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of thicket
- thickets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does thicket mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.
- 2
A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.
He had to complete a thicket of paperwork before he was allowed to join the company.
- 3
The collection of many small linked files created when a document is saved in HTML format by some word processors and web site creation software.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Thicket in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense copse:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fourré, maquis |
| German | Dickicht, Gebüsch, Gestrüpp, Buschwerk |
| Portuguese | moita, matagal |
| Spanish | matorral, bosquecillo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does thicket come from?
Inherited from Middle English *thikket, from Old English þiccet, from þicce (“thick”) + Old English nominal suffix -et. Compare similar German Dickicht (“thicket”), which is first attested in the 17th century, however. Compare typologically Bulgarian гъстак (găstak), Macedonian густеж (gustež), Czech houští, Polish gęstwina (< *gǫstъ); Latin dūmus (akin to Latin dense).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).