# them vs this

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### them
*pronoun · IPA [ðɛm] · frequency rank #15,759*
Personalpronomen 3. Person Plural Objektform: ihnen, sie

### this
*pronoun · IPA [ðɪs] · frequency rank #2,559*
in der Nähe

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/them-vs-this