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thus

/ˈðʌs/adverb, noun

thus is spelled T-H-U-S: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 81 times per million words in written English, the 1,302nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, thus means “In this way or manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in thus?

Letters4: T-H-U-S
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing81 times per million words; the 1,302nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is thus?

Thus appears 81 times per million words in written English, the 1,302nd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce thus?

  • /ˈðʌs/
  • /ðʊs/

Thus has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-thus.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with thus?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as thus.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: shut, tush.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

What does thus mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adverb

  1. 1

    In this way or manner.

    If you throw the ball thus, as I’m showing you, you’ll have better luck hitting the target.

  2. 2

    As a result.

    I have all the tools I need; thus, I will be able to fix the car without having to call a mechanic.

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative form of thuris.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Thus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchainsi (in this way or manner), alors, donc (as a result)
Germanso (in this way or manner), also, demnach (as a result)
Portugueseassim, dessa forma, desse jeito (in this way or manner), portanto, logo (as a result)
Spanishasí, talmente (in this way or manner)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does thus come from?

From Middle English thus, þus, from Old English þus (“thus, in this way, as follows, in this manner, to this extent”), from Proto-West Germanic *þus (“so, thus”), perhaps originally from a variant of the instrumental form of this, related to Old English þȳs (“by this, with this”), Old Saxon thius (“by this, with this”). Cognate with Scots thus (“thus”), North Frisian thus, Saterland Frisian dus, düs (“thus”), West Frisian dus (“thus”), Dutch dus (“thus, so”), Middle High German dus (“thus, as follows”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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