# than vs thou

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### than
*conjunction · IPA /ðæn/ · frequency rank #77*
Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.

### thou
*pronoun · IPA /ðaʊ/ · frequency rank #5,558*
Nominative singular of ye (“you”).

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