Thanksgiving
/θæŋksˈgɪvɪŋ/
The verdict
“Thanksgiving” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,319 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,319
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Día de Acción de Gracias; festividad nacional de Canadá y EEUU en la que se agradece a Dios por los favores recibidos, las buenas cosechas, etc. Se celebra anualmente en Canadá el segundo lunes de ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Thanksgiving |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /θæŋksˈgɪvɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #87,319 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Thanksgiving” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Thanksgiving is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,319 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /θæŋksˈgɪvɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Día de Acción de Gracias; festividad nacional de Canadá y EEUU en la que se agradece a Dios por los favores recibidos, las buenas cosechas, etc. Se celebra anualmente en Canadá el segundo lunes de ...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Thanksgiving, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Thanksgiving, spelled T-H-A-N-K-S-G-I-V-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Día de Acción de Gracias; festividad nacional de Canadá y EEUU en la que se agradece a Dios por los favores recibidos, las buenas cosechas, etc. Se celebra anualmente en Canadá el segundo lunes de octubre y en EEUU el cuarto jueves de noviembre.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Thanksgiving”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-H-A-N-K-S-G-I-V-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /θæŋksˈgɪvɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.