# thrust

> English word · Noun · IPA /θɹʌst/ · frequency rank #8,871

## Definitions
1. An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
2. A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
3. The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
4. The primary effort; the goal.

## Etymology
From Middle English þrusten, from Old Norse þrysta, from Proto-Germanic *þrustijaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *trewd-.

## Easily confused with
- **thus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrust-vs-thus)
- **trust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrust-vs-trust)
- **truss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrust-vs-truss)
- **torus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrust-vs-torus)
- **tryst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrust-vs-tryst)
- **trusts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrust-vs-trusts)
- **trusty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrust-vs-trusty)
- **thrusts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrust-vs-thrusts)
- **thruster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrust-vs-thruster)
- **thru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thru-vs-thrust)
- **threat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/threat-vs-thrust)
- **throat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/throat-vs-thrust)
- **thirst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thirst-vs-thrust)
- **thrift** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrift-vs-thrust)
- **thrash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrash-vs-thrust)
- **thrush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrush-vs-thrust)

## Common misspellings (10)
`htrust`, `thhrust`, `thrrust`, `thrsut`, `thrusst`, `thrustt`, `thruts`, `thurst`, `trhust`, `tthrust`

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