# third

> English word · Adjective · IPA /θɜːd/ · frequency rank #483

## Definitions
1. The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós.

## Easily confused with
- **this** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/third-vs-this)
- **tied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/third-vs-tied)
- **tire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/third-vs-tire)
- **thru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/third-vs-thru)
- **Thor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/third-vs-thor)
- **turd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/third-vs-turd)
- **thud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/third-vs-thud)
- **tried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/third-vs-tried)
- **tired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/third-vs-tired)
- **thorn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/third-vs-thorn)
- **triad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/third-vs-triad)
- **twirl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/third-vs-twirl)
- **thirty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/third-vs-thirty)
- **thirds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/third-vs-thirds)
- **thirst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/third-vs-thirst)
- **thirdly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/third-vs-thirdly)
- **Thi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thi-vs-third)
- **thin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thin-vs-third)
- **Thad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thad-vs-third)
- **thar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thar-vs-third)

## Common misspellings (8)
`htird`, `thhird`, `thidr`, `thirdd`, `thirrd`, `thrid`, `tihrd`, `tthird`

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