# thud

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈθʌd/ · frequency rank #33,056

## Definitions
1. The sound of a dull impact.
2. A hard, dull impact.
3. A slower, dull impact with a wide surface area.

## Etymology
From Middle English thudden (“to strike with a weapon”), from Old English þyddan (“to strike, press, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þuddijaną, *þiudijaną (“to strike, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þūhaną, *þeuhaną (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūk- (“to beat”). Cognate with Old English þoddettan (“to strike, push, batter”), Old English þȳdan (“to strike, stab, thrust, press”), Old English þēowan (“to press”), Albanian thundër (“a hoof, talon, a shaft", figuratively, "oppression, torment”).

## Easily confused with
- **Tu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thud-vs-tu)
- **thy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thud-vs-thy)
- **tub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thud-vs-tub)
- **tug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thud-vs-tug)
- **Tue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thud-vs-tue)
- **tod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thud-vs-tod)
- **tum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thud-vs-tum)
- **tru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thud-vs-tru)
- **tun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thud-vs-tun)
- **tut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thud-vs-tut)
- **tux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thud-vs-tux)
- **tui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thud-vs-tui)
- **tur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thud-vs-tur)
- **TUC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thud-vs-tuc)
- **Tsu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thud-vs-tsu)
- **told** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thud-vs-told)
- **true** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thud-vs-true)
- **tour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thud-vs-tour)
- **thus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thud-vs-thus)
- **tied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thud-vs-tied)

## Common misspellings (6)
`htud`, `thdu`, `thhud`, `thudd`, `tthud`, `tuhd`

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