Thurough or thorough?
Did you mean thorough? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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thurough
Correct
thorough
Correct spelling: thorough. Misspelling: thurough.
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Memory tip
It contains the word rough: tho-ROUGH.
Why people write “thurough”
The first syllable of thorough sounds like “thur” or “thuh”, so spelling it by ear gives “thurough”. “Thourough” mixes in the OU of through. A neat check: thorough is through with an O added after the TH.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make thorough automatic.
What does “thorough” mean?
thorough adjective
- painstakingly careful and accurate
“our accountant is thorough”
- performed comprehensively and completely; not superficial or partial
“an exhaustive study”
Synonyms:exhaustivethoroughgoing
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
“an arrant fool”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Thorough” in a sentence
- The police made a thorough search.
- Our accountant is thorough.
- An exhaustive study.
- An arrant fool.
Is “thorough” a playable word?
15 points in Scrabble · 15 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“thurough” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from THOROUGH.