thonvsthxTell them apart

Quick tell: thon is a noun, thx is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“thon” is a noun and “thx” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,867
“thon” frequency rank
#32,809
“thx” frequency rank
75676
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature thon thx
Definition Zeiteinheit, Dauer von zwölf Monaten; Jahr danke

Letter map: thon vs thx

Shared letters muted; letters that set thon and thx apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
thon
3 ch
thx

Role in the sentence - thon and thx

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: thon is anoun and thxanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75676, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

thon is recorded at frequency rank #42,867, classified as anoun, pronounced [tʰɔn]. 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 75676, this pair ranks #302,106 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of thon vs thx

Shared letters: ht. Private to "thon": no. Private to "thx": x.

"thon" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "thx" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • thonhton · thhon · thno · thonn · tohn · tthon

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "thon" and "thx" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "thon" is a noun and "thx" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "thon" or "thx"?
"thx" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,809 in our German list, against #42,867 for "thon". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "thon" vs "thx" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "thon" 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 #302,106 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "thon" and "thx" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "thon vs Tons". 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 #302,106 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