# theirs vs theses

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### theirs
*pronoun · IPA /ðɛəz/ · frequency rank #7,623*
That or those belonging to them; the possessive case of they, used without a following noun.

### theses
*noun · IPA /ˈθiːsiːz/ · frequency rank #22,243*
plural of thesis

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