# thoroughfare

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈθʌɹəfɛː/ · frequency rank #32,623

## Definitions
1. A passage; a way through.
2. A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street.
3. The act of going through; passage; travel, transit.
4. An unobstructed waterway allowing passage for ships.

## Etymology
From Middle English thurghfare, corresponding to thorough- (“through”) + fare. Compare Old English þurhfaran (“to go through, go over, traverse, pierce, pass through, pass beyond, transcend, penetrate”). Compare also Old English þurhfær (“inner secret place”), German Durchfahrt (“passage through, thoroughfare”).

## Common misspellings (18)
`htoroughfare`, `thhoroughfare`, `thoorughfare`, `thoroguhfare`, `thorougfhare`, `thorougghfare`, `thoroughafre`, `thoroughfaer`, `thoroughfarre`, `thoroughffare`, `thoroughfrae`, `thoroughhfare`, `thorouhgfare`, `thorroughfare`, `thoruoghfare`, `throoughfare`, `tohroughfare`, `tthoroughfare`

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