though

/ðoʊ/adverb, conjunction

though is spelled T-H-O-U-G-H: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 316 times per million words in written English, the 298th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “although vs though” about 1,900 times a month (Google, United States). As an adverb, though means “Despite that; however” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in though?

Letters	6: T-H-O-U-G-H
Syllables	1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing	316 times per million words; the 298th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search
Pairs people search	although vs though
Rhymes with	show oh ago although more

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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is though?

Though appears 316 times per million words in written English, the 298th most frequent word form in the list.

though0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce though?

UK /ðəʊ/
US /ðoʊ/

Though 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: En-us-though.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with though

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

although vs though1,900 G

Also written: thot.

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with though?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as though from its last stressed vowel (/oʊ/):

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 though mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adverb

1
Despite that; however.
I'm not paid to do all this paperwork for you. I will do it this once, though.
2
Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.
"Man, it's hot in here." – "Isn't it, though?"

conjunction

1
Despite the fact that; although.
Though it is risky, it is worth taking the chance.
2
archaicIf, that, even if.
We shall be not sorry though the man die tonight.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Though in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

Language	Words
French	néanmoins, cependant (however), malgré, bien que (although)
German	trotzdem, doch, allerdings (however), obwohl, obgleich, obschon (although)
Portuguese	no entanto, não obstante, contudo (however), apesar de, embora (although)
Spanish	no obstante, de todas formas, de todas maneras, pero bueno, pues nada (however), sin embargo (although)

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 though come from?

From Middle English though, thogh, from Old Norse *þóh (later þó). Superseded (in most dialects) Middle English thegh, from Old English þēah (“though, although, even if, that, however, nevertheless, yet, still; whether”).