threefold
"threefold" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“threefold” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,449. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,449
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Three times as great.
Corpus desk
Index EN-threefold · threefold · English
threefold · rank #42,449 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #42,449
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH thicket
Nearest frequency peer: thicket (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “threefold”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- tardy
tardy
57,555 corpus weight
- tassel
tassel
57,554 corpus weight
- thicket
thicket
57,553 corpus weight
- threefold
threefold
57,552 corpus weight
- thruster
thruster
57,551 corpus weight
- tidying
tidying
57,549 corpus weight
What this shows “threefold” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | threefold |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #42,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “threefold”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around threefold, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,449 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for threefold, with forms such as "htreefold", "therefold", and "thhreefold". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "threshold", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold. The correct English form is threefold, spelled T-H-R-E-E-F-O-L-D.
Definition
- 1Three times as great.
- 2Triple.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how threefold appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"We recognise that electrifying more of the railway is likely to be necessary to deliver decarbonisation," it stated. There's clearly a growing momentum in that direction, but some significant hurdles have still to be overcome - not least the legacy of the three-fold increase in cost on the Great Western Electrification Programme, which has become the pos…
Etymology
From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- htreefold
- therefold
- thhreefold
- threeffold
- threeflod
- threefodl
- threefoldd
- threefolld
- threeofld
- threfeold
- threfold
- thrreefold
- trheefold
- tthreefold
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of threefold - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "threefold", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).