thirds
/θɜɹdz/noun, verb
thirds is spelled T-H-I-R-D-S: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, thirds means “A third helping of food for one person, or refill of coffee or other drink” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in thirds?
| Letters | 6: T-H-I-R-D-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.1 times per million words; the 8,146th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is thirds?
Thirds appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th 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 thirds?
- UK /θɜːdz/
- US /θɜɹdz/
Thirds has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-thirds.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with thirds?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as thirds from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹdz/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does thirds mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A third helping of food for one person, or refill of coffee or other drink.
- 2
The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow was entitled to enjoy during her life.
- 3
plural of third
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of third
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).