thought

/θɔːt/

//θɔːt// noun

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The verdict

“thought” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #29,863. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,863
frequency rank, Spanish
3,005
“T” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pensamiento.

Corpus desk

Index ES-thought · thought · Spanish

thought · rank #29,863 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #29,863
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,005
  • PHOTO-FINISH terminaban

Nearest frequency peer: terminaban (-2 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “thought”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “thought” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

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).

thought vs through
71% similar

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

Key facts for thought
PropertyValue
Headwordthought
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/θɔːt/
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,863
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “thought”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).thoughtcae aquí:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “terminaban” (#29,861), “tomaremos” (#29,865), “teletón” (#29,860). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “thought” va en #29,863. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around thought (IPA /θɔːt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,863 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for thought, with forms such as "htought", "thhought", and "thoguht". 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, "through", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is thought, spelled T-H-O-U-G-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pensamiento.
  2. 2
    Reflexión.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope
  2. and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere when thought runs gracefully free of the trammels of precision.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • htought
  • thhought
  • thoguht
  • thougght
  • thoughht
  • thoughtt
  • thougth
  • thouhgt
  • thuoght
  • tohught
  • tthought

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of thought - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

htought2thhought1thoguht2thougght1thoughht1thoughtt1thougth2thouhgt2
Edit distance from "thought"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "thought"?
"thought" is spelled T-H-O-U-G-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is /θɔːt/.
What does "thought" mean?
As a noun, "thought" means: Pensamiento.
What words are commonly confused with "thought"?
"thought" is commonly confused with "through". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "thought"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "thought" is /θɔːt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "thought" come from?
"thought" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

teletón#29,860sufrían#29,854Stefano#29,853sonreía#29,852

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Urdaneta11 variantsvaciado11 variantssilicio11 variantssesgada11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list