# throne

> English word · Noun · IPA [θɹəʊn] · frequency rank #6,013

## Definitions
1. An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
2. Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
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.

## Etymology
From Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”). Superseded earlier seld (“seat, throne”).

## Easily confused with
- **tone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throne-vs-tone)
- **throw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throne-vs-throw)
- **trope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throne-vs-trope)
- **trove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throne-vs-trove)
- **thrown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throne-vs-thrown)
- **throws** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throne-vs-throws)
- **Tyrone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throne-vs-tyrone)
- **throng** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throne-vs-throng)
- **thrower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throne-vs-thrower)
- **thon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-throne)
- **those** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-throne)
- **three** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/three-vs-throne)
- **thine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-throne)
- **thong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thong-vs-throne)
- **thane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thane-vs-throne)
- **throb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throb-vs-throne)
- **throat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throat-vs-throne)
- **thrive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrive-vs-throne)
- **thrice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrice-vs-throne)
- **throes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throes-vs-throne)

## Common misspellings (9)
`htrone`, `thhrone`, `thorne`, `thrnoe`, `throen`, `thronne`, `thrrone`, `trhone`, `tthrone`

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