# threw

> English word · Verb · IPA /θɹuː/ · frequency rank #3,266

## Definitions
1. simple past of throw
2. past participle of throw

## Etymology
From Middle English threw, from Old English þrēaw (first and third person past tense of þrāwan), from West Germanic *þreu, from Northwest Germanic *þrerō, from Proto-Germanic *þeþrō (first and third person past tense of *þrēaną), reduplication of *þrēaną.

## Easily confused with
- **tre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threw-vs-tre)
- **tree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threw-vs-tree)
- **tire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threw-vs-tire)
- **trek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threw-vs-trek)
- **thru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threw-vs-thru)
- **tore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threw-vs-tore)
- **tyre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threw-vs-tyre)
- **Trey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threw-vs-trey)
- **tres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threw-vs-tres)
- **throw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threw-vs-throw)
- **tired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threw-vs-tired)
- **tires** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threw-vs-tires)
- **tyres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threw-vs-tyres)
- **throb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threw-vs-throb)
- **thrown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threw-vs-thrown)
- **throws** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threw-vs-throws)
- **throes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threw-vs-throes)
- **through** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threw-vs-through)
- **the** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/the-vs-threw)
- **they** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/they-vs-threw)

## Common misspellings (8)
`htrew`, `therw`, `thhrew`, `threww`, `thrrew`, `thrwe`, `trhew`, `tthrew`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/threw