thresher

Name: thresher, English Word Data
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/ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)/

//ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“thresher” is uncommon English (frequency #64,061 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,061
frequency rank, English: 27,828
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Anything or anyone that threshes.

Key facts for thresher
Property	Value
Headword	thresher
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)/
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#64,061
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “thresher” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). thresher lands here:

#64,061

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

thresher is uncommon English at frequency #64,061 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for thresher in our index, 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-der.? Proto-Germanic *þreskaną Old English þrescan Middle English threschen Middle English -er Middle English thresshere English thresher From Middle English thresshere; equivalent to thresh + -er. The shark's tail … The correct English form is thresher, spelled T-H-R-E-S-H-E-R.

Definition

1
Anything or anyone that threshes.
2
A now-obsolete hand tool for threshing, also called a flail.
3
A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.
4
Ellipsis of thresher shark.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-der.? Proto-Germanic *þreskaną Old English þrescan Middle English threschen Middle English -er Middle English thresshere English thresher From Middle English thresshere; equivalent to thresh + -er. The shark's tail is thought to resemble the implement.

This word in other languages

trilladora(Español)fléau(Français)Dreschflegel(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "thresher"?

"thresher" is spelled T-H-R-E-S-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)/.

What does "thresher" mean?

As a noun, "thresher" means: Anything or anyone that threshes.

How do you pronounce "thresher"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "thresher" is /ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "thresher"?

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Using “thresher”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is T-H-R-E-S-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.