# thicket

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈθɪkɪt/ · frequency rank #42,448

## Definitions
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.
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.

## Etymology
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 (gǎstak), Macedonian густеж (gustež), Czech houští, Polish gęstwina (< Proto-Slavic *gǫstъ); Latin dūmus (akin to dense).

## Easily confused with
- **ticket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thicket-vs-ticket)
- **ticker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thicket-vs-ticker)
- **tickets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thicket-vs-tickets)
- **thinker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thicket-vs-thinker)
- **trinket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thicket-vs-trinket)
- **thickly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thicket-vs-thickly)
- **thick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-thicket)
- **thicke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thicke-vs-thicket)
- **thicken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thicken-vs-thicket)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hticket`, `thciket`, `thhicket`, `thiccket`, `thicekt`, `thickett`, `thickket`, `thickte`, `thikcet`, `tihcket`, `tthicket`

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