thready
adjective
thready is spelled T-H-R-E-A-D-Y: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, thready means “Of, resembling, or capable of forming a thread; filamentous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in thready?
| Letters | 7: T-H-R-E-A-D-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 165,739th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 thready?
Thready appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th 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 thready?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-thready.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with thready?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as thready.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hydrate.
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).
Forms of thready
- threadier comparative
- threadiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does thready mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, resembling, or capable of forming a thread; filamentous.
- 2
weak.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does thready come from?
From Middle English *thredi, *thredy (suggested by derivative Middle English thredines, þredinez (“fibrousness, stringiness”, literally “threadiness”)), equivalent to thread + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).