threne
/θɹiːn/
"threne" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“threne” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a dirge or lamentation
Corpus desk
Index EN-threne · threne · English
threne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | threne |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /θɹiːn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “threne” in English
Rare enough to double-check
threne is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /θɹiːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "a dirge or lamentation".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for threne, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin threnus, from Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos, “funeral lament”). The correct English form is threne, spelled T-H-R-E-N-E.
Definition
- 1a dirge or lamentation
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how threne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, XXI That City's sombre Patroness and Queen, In bronze sublimity she gazes forth Over her Capital of teen and threne
A truce to threnes and trentals and jeremies and all such congenital defunctive music.
Etymology
From Latin threnus, from Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos, “funeral lament”).
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.