thousandfold
/ˈθaʊzəndfəʊld/
"thousandfold" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thousandfold” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Multiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thousandfold · thousandfold · English
thousandfold · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thousandfold |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈθaʊzəndfəʊld/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “thousandfold” in English
Rare enough to double-check
thousandfold is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈθaʊzəndfəʊld/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for thousandfold in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English thousendfold, from Old English þūsendfeald, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundīfalþaz, corresponding to thousand + -fold. Cognate with Dutch duizendvoud, duizendvoudig, German tausendfältig, Danish tusindfold, Swedish tusendfalt, tusendfaltig, … The correct English form is thousandfold, spelled T-H-O-U-S-A-N-D-F-O-L-D.
Definition
- 1Multiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times.
- 2Having one thousand parts or members.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thousandfold appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The changes to the algorithm resulted in a thousandfold increase in efficiency, earning the engineer a small brass plaque.
[T]he fresh brave school-life, so full of games, adventures, and good fellowship, so ready at forgetting, so capacious at enjoying, so bright at forecasting, outweighed a thousandfold their troubles with the master of their form, and the occasional ill-usage of the big boys in the house.
Etymology
From Middle English thousendfold, from Old English þūsendfeald, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundīfalþaz, corresponding to thousand + -fold. Cognate with Dutch duizendvoud, duizendvoudig, German tausendfältig, Danish tusindfold, Swedish tusendfalt, tusendfaltig, Icelandic þúsundfalt.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.