Th vs ti, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Th” is an abbrev and “ti” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,817
“Th” frequency rank: #12,603
“ti” frequency rank: 22420
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Th	ti
Definition	Thorium	du

Letter map: Th vs ti

Shared letters muted; letters that set Th and ti apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch

Role in the sentence - Th and ti

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Th is anabbrev and tiapronoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - h in “Th” becomes i in “ti”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Th is recorded at frequency rank #9,817, classified as anabbrev. ti is at rank #12,603, tagged as apron, pronounced [ˈti].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 22420, this pair ranks #1,874,402 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Th vs ti

Shared letters: t. Private to "Th": h. Private to "ti": i.

"Th" · 2 letters · shape CC · "ti" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Th" and "ti" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Th" is an abbrev and "ti" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "Th" or "ti" show up more?

"Th" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,817 in our German list, against #12,603 for "ti". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Th" and "ti". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "Th" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ti" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,874,402 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Th" and "ti" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ti vs tine". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,874,402 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.