# thrill

> English word · Verb · IPA /θɹɪl/ · frequency rank #10,947

## Definitions
1. To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
2. To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
3. To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
4. To hurl; to throw; to cast.

## Etymology
From Old English þȳrlian (“to pierce”), derived from þȳrel (“hole”) (archaic English thirl). Doublet of thirl (verb).

## Easily confused with
- **till** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrill-vs-till)
- **trial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrill-vs-trial)
- **troll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrill-vs-troll)
- **trill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrill-vs-trill)
- **thrive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrill-vs-thrive)
- **Tyrell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrill-vs-tyrell)
- **thrills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrill-vs-thrills)
- **thrilled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrill-vs-thrilled)
- **thriller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrill-vs-thriller)
- **Thiel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-thrill)
- **thrift** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrift-vs-thrill)
- **thrice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrice-vs-thrill)
- **thrall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrall-vs-thrill)

## Common misspellings (8)
`htrill`, `thhrill`, `thirll`, `thril`, `thrlil`, `thrrill`, `trhill`, `tthrill`

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