thrust
/θɹʌst/
"thrust" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thrust” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,871 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,871
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thrust |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /θɹʌst/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thrust” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for thrust is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /θɹʌst/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,871 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for thrust, with forms such as "htrust", "thhrust", and "thrrust". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "thus", "trust", "truss", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English þrusten, from Old Norse þrysta, from Proto-Germanic *þrustijaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *trewd-. The correct English form is thrust, spelled T-H-R-U-S-T.
Definition
- 1An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
- 2A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
- 3The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
- 4The primary effort; the goal.
Etymology
From Middle English þrusten, from Old Norse þrysta, from Proto-Germanic *þrustijaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *trewd-.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: htrust,thhrust,thrrust,thrsut,thrusst,thrustt,thruts,thurst,trhust,tthrust
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of thrust - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “thrust”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-H-R-U-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /θɹʌst/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “thus” - see the side-by-side comparison. thrust vs thus
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.