# thrift

> English word · Noun · IPA /θɹɪft/ · frequency rank #17,260

## Definitions
1. The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
2. A savings bank.
3. Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.
4. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity; profit.
5. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.

## Etymology
From Middle English thrift, thryfte, þrift, from Old Norse þrift (“thriving condition, prosperity”). Equivalent to thrive + -t.

## Easily confused with
- **throat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrift-vs-throat)
- **thrust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrift-vs-thrust)
- **thrive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrift-vs-thrive)
- **thrill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrift-vs-thrill)
- **thrifty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrift-vs-thrifty)
- **theft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/theft-vs-thrift)
- **threat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threat-vs-thrift)
- **tariff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tariff-vs-thrift)
- **thrice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrice-vs-thrift)

## Common misspellings (10)
`htrift`, `thhrift`, `thirft`, `thrfit`, `thrifft`, `thriftt`, `thritf`, `thrrift`, `trhift`, `tthrift`

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