thrice
/θɹaɪs/
"thrice" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thrice” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,338. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,338
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Three times.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thrice · thrice · English
thrice · rank #24,338 · 9 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,338
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH thinning
Nearest frequency peer: thinning (-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 “thrice”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- tay
tay
75,666 corpus weight
- tentatively
tentatively
75,665 corpus weight
- thinning
thinning
75,664 corpus weight
- thrice
thrice
75,663 corpus weight
- Thu
Thu
75,662 corpus weight
- touchy
touchy
75,661 corpus weight
What this shows “thrice” 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 | thrice |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /θɹaɪs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #24,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “thrice”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around thrice (IPA /θɹaɪs/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #24,338 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Three times.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for thrice, with forms such as "htrice", "thhrice", and "thirce". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "twice", "trick", "trace", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: PIE word *tréyes From Middle English thrice, thries (“three times, thrice; a third time; repeated three times”), from earlier thrī, thrīe (“three times, thrice; a third time”) (from Old English þriwa, þreowa) + -es (suffix forming adverbs of time, place, a… The correct English form is thrice, spelled T-H-R-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Three times.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thrice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Thrice ore the caddow I mine armes outſpred: / Thrice did I fall, before I once could riſe: / Leaning vpon mine elbow for a reſt, / Nodding, I knockt my chin againſt my breſt. // Then ſigh’d, ſlipt downe, and twixt the ſheete and pillow / I nuzled in, joyn’d knees and chin together: / I dream’d I wore a garland of greene willow. / But ſnuffling low, I pri…
The weyward Siſters, hand in hand, / Poſters of the Sea and Land, / Thus doe goe, about, about, / Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine, / And thrice againe, to make vp nine, / Peace, the Charme’s wound vp.
Etymology
PIE word *tréyes From Middle English thrice, thries (“three times, thrice; a third time; repeated three times”), from earlier thrī, thrīe (“three times, thrice; a third time”) (from Old English þriwa, þreowa) + -es (suffix forming adverbs of time, place, and manner) (from Old English -es (suffix forming adverbs)). The word is cognate with Old Frisian thria ("thrice"; > Saterland Frisian träie (“thrice”)), Middle Low German drîes (“thrice”), Middle High German drīes, drīs (“thrice”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- htrice
- thhrice
- thirce
- thrcie
- thricce
- thriec
- thrrice
- trhice
- tthrice
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of thrice - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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