Which to use
“them” is a pronoun and “thx” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,759
- “them” frequency rank
- #32,809
- “thx” frequency rank
- 48568
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | them | thx |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personalpronomen 3. Person Plural Objektform: ihnen, sie | danke |
Letter map: them vs thx
Shared letters muted; letters that set them and thx apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for them / thx
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: them is apronoun and thxanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48568, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
them is recorded at frequency rank #15,759, classified as apron, pronounced [ðɛm]. thx is at rank #32,809, tagged as anabbrev.
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 48568, this pair ranks #1,243,700 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of them vs thx
Shared letters: ht. Private to "them": em. Private to "thx": x.
"them" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "thx" · 3 letters · shape CCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- them ← htem · tehm · themm · thhem · thme · tthem
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "them" and "thx" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "them" vs "thx" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "them" vs "thx" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "them" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "thx" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,243,700 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "them" and "thx" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "thx vs thy". 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 #1,243,700 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.