# Thames vs Thebes

> 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.

### Thebes
*name · IPA /θiːbz/ · frequency rank #36,785*
A city in central Greece, the capital city of Boeotia and an important political centre in antiquity.

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