throne
/θɹoʊ̯n/noun
throne is spelled T-H-R-O-N-E: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,957th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, throne means “An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of throne is thrones.
How many letters and syllables are in throne?
| Letters | 6: T-H-R-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,957th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is throne?
Throne appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,957th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce throne?
- UK /θɹəʊ̯n/
- US /θɹoʊ̯n/
- [tɹoʊ̯n]
Throne has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-throne.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with throne
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with throne?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as throne from its last stressed vowel (/oʊn/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hornet, nother.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of throne
- thrones plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- throning participle, present
- throned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does throne mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
He approached the throne reverently.
- 2
Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
Queen Victoria sat upon the throne of England for 63 years.
- 3
The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
- 4
A toilet.
- 5
A kind of stool used by drummers.
- 6
A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
verb
- 1
archaicTo place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
- 2
archaicTo place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
- 3
archaicTo be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Throne in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense ornate seat:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does throne come from?
Inherited from Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “a seat, chair”). Superseded earlier seld (“seat, throne”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).