# through

> English word · Preposition · IPA /θɹuː/ · frequency rank #139

## Definitions
1. From one side or end of (something) to the other.
2. From one side or end of (something) to the other.
3. From one side or end of (something) to the other.
4. From one side or end of (something) to the other.
5. From one side or end of (something) to the other.
6. From one side or end of (something) to the other.
7. From one side or end of (something) to the other.
8. Via or by way of.
9. Via or by way of.
10. Throughout or across the extent of.
11. Amidst or surrounded by (while moving).
12. To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values; to... inclusive; until the end of.
13. By means of.
14. In consequence of; as a result of.

## Etymology
From Middle English thrugh, thruch, thruh, metathetic variants of thurgh, thurh, from Old English þurh, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw (“through”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂kʷe, suffixed zero-grade from *terh₂- (“to pass through”) + *-kʷe (“and”).
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian döör (“through”), Saterland Frisian truch (“through”), West Frisian troch (“through”), Dutch door (“through”), German durch (“through”), Luxembourgish duerch (“through”), West Flemish deur (“through”), Yiddish דורך (durkh, “through”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 (þairh, “through”), Latin trans (“across, over, through”), Albanian tërthor (“through, around”), Welsh tra (“through”). See also thorough.

## Easily confused with
- **tough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/through-vs-tough)
- **trough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/through-vs-trough)
- **thrush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/through-vs-thrush)
- **thru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/through-vs-thru)
- **though** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/though-vs-through)
- **throng** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throng-vs-through)
- **thought** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thought-vs-through)
- **thorough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thorough-vs-through)
- **threw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threw-vs-through)

## Common misspellings (11)
`htrough`, `thhrough`, `thorugh`, `throguh`, `througgh`, `throughh`, `throuhg`, `thrrough`, `thruogh`, `trhough`, `tthrough`

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