Thanksgiving

\sɑ̃ks.ɡi.viŋ\

/\sɑ̃ks.ɡi.viŋ\/ name

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The verdict

“Thanksgiving” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,396. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,396
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fête célébrant les bienfaits reçus pendant l’année écoulée aux États-Unis et au Canada.

Corpus desk

Index FR-thanksgiving · Thanksgiving · French

Thanksgiving · rank #30,396 · 20 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,396
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tibétain

Nearest frequency peer: tibétain (+1 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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Thanksgiving »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Thanksgiving » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Thanksgiving
PropertyValue
HeadwordThanksgiving
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\sɑ̃ks.ɡi.viŋ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#30,396
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Thanksgiving »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Thanksgivingse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tibétain » (#30,397), « term » (#30,394), « Timothée » (#30,398). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « Thanksgiving » est au #30,396. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around Thanksgiving (IPA \sɑ̃ks.ɡi.viŋ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #30,396 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fête célébrant les bienfaits reçus pendant l’année écoulée aux États-Unis et au Canada.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Thanksgiving, with forms such as "htanksgiving", "tahnksgiving", and "thaknsgiving". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Thanksgiving, spelled T-H-A-N-K-S-G-I-V-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fête célébrant les bienfaits reçus pendant l’année écoulée aux États-Unis et au Canada.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Hermétiques à Thanksgiving, les Français ont adopté le Black Friday qui tombe le lendemain.

Synonyms

Action de grâceAction de grâces

This word in other languages

Thanksgiving(English)Día de Acción de Gracias(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • htanksgiving
  • tahnksgiving
  • thaknsgiving
  • thankgsiving
  • thankksgiving
  • thanksggiving
  • thanksgiivng
  • thanksgivign
  • thanksgivingg
  • thanksgivinng
  • thanksgivnig
  • thanksgivving
  • thanksgviing
  • thanksigving
  • thankssgiving
  • thannksgiving
  • thanskgiving
  • thhanksgiving
  • thnaksgiving
  • tthanksgiving

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

htanksgiving2tahnksgiving2thaknsgiving2thankgsiving2thankksgiving1thanksggiving1thanksgiivng2thanksgivign2
Edit distance from "Thanksgiving"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Thanksgiving"?
"Thanksgiving" is spelled T-H-A-N-K-S-G-I-V-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃ks.ɡi.viŋ\.
What does "Thanksgiving" mean?
As a proper noun, "Thanksgiving" means: Fête célébrant les bienfaits reçus pendant l’année écoulée aux États-Unis et au Canada.
What are common misspellings of "Thanksgiving"?
Common misspellings include "htanksgiving", "tahnksgiving", "thaknsgiving", "thankgsiving", "thankksgiving". The correct spelling is "Thanksgiving".
How do you pronounce "Thanksgiving"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Thanksgiving" is \sɑ̃ks.ɡi.viŋ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Thanksgiving" come from?
"Thanksgiving" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sénatoriales#30,391viticulteurs#30,425sensationnel#30,365éliminatoire#30,439

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

Témiscamingue20 variantsréceptionniste20 variantsdémembrement20 variantsimpérialistes20 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list