# Thebes vs thieves

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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.

### thieves
*noun · IPA /θiːvz/ · frequency rank #9,264*
plural of thief

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