Th

Name: Th, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

abbrev

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Th” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,817) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#9,817
frequency rank, German: 2,684
“T” headwords: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Thorium

Corpus desk

Index DE-th · Th · German

Th · rank #9,817 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #9,817
LEN-SHORT 2 letters
VOW-0 0 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 2,684
PHOTO-FINISH Teich

Nearest frequency peer: Teich (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Südwesten

90,187
Sünden

90,186
Teich

90,185
Th

90,184
they

90,183
transparent

90,181

What this shows Balken platzieren „Th“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Th vs TO

50% similar

Th vs TV

50% similar

Th vs tu

0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Th
Property	Value
Headword	Th
Language	German
Part of speech	Abbreviation
Letters	2
Frequency rank	#9,817
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Th“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Thliegt auf dieser Marke:

#9,817

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Teich“ (#9,816), „they“ (#9,818), „Sünden“ (#9,815). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Th“ bei #9,817. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Th is neighbouring look-alikes ("TO", "TV", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation. Frequency #9,817 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Gloss: "Thorium".

Th has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TO", "TV", "tu", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Th, spelled T-H.

Definition

1
Thorium

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Th appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Th → Th⁴⁺ + 4 e⁻

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Th"?

"Th" is spelled T-H.

What does "Th" mean?

As an abbreviation, "Th" means: Thorium

What words are commonly confused with "Th"?

"Th" is commonly confused with "TO", "TV", "tu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What language does "Th" come from?

"Th" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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