# tears vs theirs

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tears
*noun · IPA /tɪɹz/ · frequency rank #3,198*
plural of tear (“liquid from the eyes”)

### theirs
*pronoun · IPA /ðɛəz/ · frequency rank #7,623*
That or those belonging to them; the possessive case of they, used without a following noun.

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