theirvsThekeWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: their is a pronoun, Theke is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“their” is a pronoun and “Theke” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,131
“their” frequency rank
#16,298
“Theke” frequency rank
27429
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature their Theke
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Letter map: their vs Theke

Shared letters muted; letters that set their and Theke apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
their
5 ch
Theke

Part-of-speech tell for their / Theke

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: their is apronoun and Thekeanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27429, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

their is recorded at frequency rank #11,131, classified as apron, pronounced […]. Theke is at rank #16,298, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈteːkə].

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 27429, this pair ranks #1,801,923 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of their vs Theke

Shared letters: eht. Private to "their": ir. Private to "Theke": k.

"their" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC  ·  "Theke" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • theirhteir · tehir · theirr · theri · thheir · thier · ttheir
  • Thekehteke · tehke · theek · thekke · thheke · thkee · ttheke

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "their" for "Theke" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "their" is a pronoun and "Theke" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "their" vs "Theke" - which ranks higher?
"their" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,131 in our German list, against #16,298 for "Theke". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "their" and "Theke". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "their" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Theke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,801,923 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "their" and "Theke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs their". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,801,923 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list