thee vs Thu, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“thee” is a pronoun and “Thu” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,748
“thee” frequency rank: #24,339
“Thu” frequency rank: 31087
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	thee	Thu
Definition	Objective and reflexive case of thou.	A surname.

Letter map: thee vs Thu

Shared letters muted; letters that set thee and Thu apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

thee

3 ch

Thu

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: thee is apronoun and Thuaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31087, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

thee is recorded at frequency rank #6,748, classified as apron, pronounced /ðiː/. Thu is at rank #24,339, tagged as aname.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 31087, this pair ranks #349,116 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of thee vs Thu

Shared letters: ht. Private to "thee": e. Private to "Thu": u.

"thee" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "Thu" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

thee ← htee · tehe · thhee · tthee

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "thee" and "Thu" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "thee" is a pronoun and "Thu" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "thee" or "Thu"?

"thee" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,748 in our English list, against #24,339 for "Thu". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "thee" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Thu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #349,116 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"thee" and "Thu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Taf vs Thu". Nearby pair
Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

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