Thursday

/ˈθɜːz.deɪ/

//ˈθɜːz.deɪ// noun

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"thursday" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Thursday” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,412. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,412
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday.

Corpus desk

Index EN-thursday · Thursday · English

Thursday · rank #2,412 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,412
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH theme

Nearest frequency peer: theme (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Thursday”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Thursday” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Thursday vs Tuesday
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Thursday
PropertyValue
HeadwordThursday
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈθɜːz.deɪ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,412
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Thursday”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Thursdaylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “theme” (#2,411), “tiny” (#2,413), “talked” (#2,410). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “Thursday” is #2,412. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Thursday (IPA /ˈθɜːz.deɪ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,412 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Thursday, with forms such as "htursday", "thhursday", and "thrusday". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Tuesday", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English Thursday, Thuresday, from Old English þursdæġ, þuresdæġ (“Thursday”), possibly from a contraction of þunresdæġ (“Thursday”, literally “Thor's day”), but more likely of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse þórsdagr; all from Proto-West G… The correct English form is Thursday, spelled T-H-U-R-S-D-A-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Thursday appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cap[ulet]. […] If vve ſhould reuell much, therefore vve vvill haue / Some halfe a dozen frends and make no more adoe. / But vvhat ſay you to Thurſday. / Par[is]. My Lorde I vviſhe that Thurſday vvere to morrovv.
  2. But for satisfaction pure and deep, for balance in pleasure and comfort, Thursday canʼt be beat.

Etymology

From Middle English Thursday, Thuresday, from Old English þursdæġ, þuresdæġ (“Thursday”), possibly from a contraction of þunresdæġ (“Thursday”, literally “Thor's day”), but more likely of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse þórsdagr; all from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”). Compare West Frisian tongersdei, German Low German Dunnersdag, Dutch donderdag, German Donnerstag, Danish torsdag. More at thunder, day. A calque of Latin diēs Iovis (diēs Jovis), via an association (interpretātiō germānica) of the god Thor with the Roman god of thunder Jove (Jupiter).

Synonyms

ThuThu.ThurThur.ThursThurs.

This word in other languages

jueves(Español)jeudi(Français)Donnerstag(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • htursday
  • thhursday
  • thrusday
  • thurdsay
  • thurrsday
  • thursady
  • thursdayy
  • thursdday
  • thursdya
  • thurssday
  • thusrday
  • tthursday
  • tuhrsday

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Thursday - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

htursday2thhursday1thrusday2thurdsay2thurrsday1thursady2thursdayy1thursdday1
Edit distance from "Thursday"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Thursday"?
"Thursday" is spelled T-H-U-R-S-D-A-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈθɜːz.deɪ/.
What does "Thursday" mean?
As a noun, "Thursday" means: The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday.
What words are commonly confused with "Thursday"?
"Thursday" is commonly confused with "Tuesday". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Thursday"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Thursday" is /ˈθɜːz.deɪ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "Thursday"?
From Middle English Thursday, Thuresday, from Old English þursdæġ, þuresdæġ (“Thursday”), possibly from a contraction of þunresdæġ (“Thursday”, literally “Thor's day”), but more likely of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse þórsdagr; all from Pr... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Thursday", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

typically13 variantsourselves13 variantsestimated13 variantsdelivered13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list