thousand
/ˈθaʊz(ə)nd/
"thousand" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thousand” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,320. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,320
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10³ (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation.)
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thousand |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | /ˈθaʊz(ə)nd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,320 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thousand” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around thousand (IPA /ˈθaʊz(ə)nd/), anumeral. Corpus frequency is #2,320 among 27,828 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10³ (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation.)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for thousand, with forms such as "htousand", "thhousand", and "thosuand". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "thousands", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English thousend, thusand, from Old English þūsend (“thousand”), from Proto-West Germanic *þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundī (“thousand”), (compare Scots thousand (“thousand”), Saterland Frisian duusend (“thousand”), West Frisian tûzen (“tho… The correct English form is thousand, spelled T-H-O-U-S-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10³ (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation.)
Etymology
From Middle English thousend, thusand, from Old English þūsend (“thousand”), from Proto-West Germanic *þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundī (“thousand”), (compare Scots thousand (“thousand”), Saterland Frisian duusend (“thousand”), West Frisian tûzen (“thousand”), Dutch duizend (“thousand”), German tausend (“thousand”), Danish tusind (“thousand”), Swedish tusen (“thousand”), Norwegian tusen (“thousand”), Icelandic þúsund (“thousand”), Faroese túsund (“thousand”)), from Proto-Indo-European *tuHsont-, *tuHsenti- (compare Lithuanian tūkstantis (“thousand”), Polish tysiąc, Russian ты́сяча (týsjača), Finnish tuhat, Estonian tuhat).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- htousand
- thhousand
- thosuand
- thouasnd
- thousadn
- thousandd
- thousannd
- thousnad
- thoussand
- thuosand
- tohusand
- tthousand
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of thousand - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “thousand”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-H-O-U-S-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈθaʊz(ə)nd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “thousands” - see the side-by-side comparison. thousand vs thousands
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.