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The verdict

“thx” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,825 among 1,850 “T” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,825
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,850
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - obrigado, thanks em inglês; equivalente ao internetês vlw ("valeu!")

Key facts for thx
PropertyValue
Headwordthx
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechInterjection
Letters3
Frequency rank#72,825
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “thx” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). thx lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

thx is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,825 among 1,850 “T” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "obrigado, thanks em inglês; equivalente ao internetês vlw ("valeu!")".

Zero misspellings are on record for thx in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is thx, spelled T-H-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    obrigado, thanks em inglês; equivalente ao internetês vlw ("valeu!")

Synonyms

thnxthanx10xty

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "thx"?
"thx" is spelled T-H-X.
What does "thx" mean?
As an interjection, "thx" means: obrigado, thanks em inglês; equivalente ao internetês vlw ("valeu!")
What language does "thx" come from?
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Using “thx”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-H-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list