# thrown

> English word · Verb · IPA /θɹəʊn/ · frequency rank #3,663

## Definitions
1. past participle of throw

## Etymology
From Middle English throwen, from Old English þrāwen, ġeþrāwen, from Proto-Germanic *þrēanaz, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną. Doublet of thran.
Morphologically throw + -n.

## Easily confused with
- **town** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrown-vs-town)
- **throws** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrown-vs-throws)
- **thon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-thrown)
- **throw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throw-vs-thrown)
- **threw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threw-vs-thrown)
- **thorn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thorn-vs-thrown)
- **throb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throb-vs-thrown)
- **throat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throat-vs-thrown)
- **throne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throne-vs-thrown)
- **throng** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throng-vs-thrown)
- **throes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throes-vs-thrown)
- **Theron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/theron-vs-thrown)
- **thrower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrower-vs-thrown)
- **throwing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throwing-vs-thrown)

## Common misspellings (10)
`htrown`, `thhrown`, `thorwn`, `thronw`, `thrownn`, `throwwn`, `thrrown`, `thrwon`, `trhown`, `tthrown`

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