# Thames vs thane

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Thames
*name · IPA /tɛmz/ · frequency rank #10,780*
A river in southern England, flowing 336 km (209 mi.) from Gloucestershire, through Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey and Greater London, and between Essex and Kent to the Thames Estuary and North Sea.

### thane
*noun · IPA /θeɪn/ · frequency rank #33,878*
A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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