# throb

> English word · Verb · IPA /θɹɒb/ · frequency rank #42,948

## Definitions
1. To pound or beat rapidly or violently.
2. To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.
3. To exhibit an attitude, trait, or affect powerfully and profoundly.

## Etymology
From Middle English throbben; possibly of imitative origin.

## Easily confused with
- **Troy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throb-vs-troy)
- **thru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throb-vs-thru)
- **toro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throb-vs-toro)
- **trot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throb-vs-trot)
- **throw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throb-vs-throw)
- **thumb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throb-vs-thumb)
- **Tyrol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throb-vs-tyrol)
- **thrown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throb-vs-thrown)
- **throne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throb-vs-throne)
- **throws** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throb-vs-throws)
- **throng** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throb-vs-throng)
- **throes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throb-vs-throes)
- **tho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-throb)
- **thou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thou-vs-throb)
- **Thor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thor-vs-throb)
- **Theo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/theo-vs-throb)
- **Thom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thom-vs-throb)
- **taro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-throb)
- **thon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-throb)
- **thot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thot-vs-throb)

## Common misspellings (8)
`htrob`, `thhrob`, `thorb`, `thrbo`, `throbb`, `thrrob`, `trhob`, `tthrob`

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