thrice
/θɹaɪs/
"thrice" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thrice” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #24,338 in English word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #24,338
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Three times.
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) |
Where “thrice” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for thrice is 6 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /θɹaɪs/. Corpus data places it at rank #24,338 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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Using “thrice”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-H-R-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /θɹaɪs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “twice” - see the side-by-side comparison. thrice vs twice
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.