# thrice

> English word · Adverb · IPA /θɹaɪs/ · frequency rank #24,338

## Definitions
1. Three 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **twice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrice-vs-twice)
- **trick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrice-vs-trick)
- **trace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrice-vs-trace)
- **tribe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrice-vs-tribe)
- **truce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrice-vs-truce)
- **trite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrice-vs-trite)
- **tripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrice-vs-tripe)
- **throne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrice-vs-throne)
- **thrive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrice-vs-thrive)
- **thrill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrice-vs-thrill)
- **thrift** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrice-vs-thrift)
- **three** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/three-vs-thrice)
- **thick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-thrice)
- **thine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-thrice)
- **thicc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thicc-vs-thrice)
- **thence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thence-vs-thrice)
- **thicke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thicke-vs-thrice)
- **Thrace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrace-vs-thrice)

## Common misspellings (9)
`htrice`, `thhrice`, `thirce`, `thrcie`, `thricce`, `thriec`, `thrrice`, `trhice`, `tthrice`

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