through and through
"through-and-through" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“through and through” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Completely; entirely; fundamentally.
Corpus desk
Index EN-through-and-through · through and through · English
through and through · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | through and through |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “through and through” in English
Rare enough to double-check
through and through is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Completely; entirely; fundamentally.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for through and through, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is through and through, spelled T-H-R-O-U-G-H- -A-N-D- -T-H-R-O-U-G-H.
Definition
- 1Completely; entirely; fundamentally.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how through and through appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He moved from Cincinnati to San Francisco, but he's still a Cincinnati Bengals fan, through and through.
Thus, sitting where I was, I lit my candle once more, and then clambered across that great coffin which, for two hours or more, had been a mid-wall of partition between me and danger. But to get out of the niche was harder than to get in; for now that I had a candle to light me, I saw that the coffin, though sound enough to outer view, was wormed through…
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.