them vs TSM, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#71
“them” frequency rank: #42,462
“TSM” frequency rank: 42533
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	them	TSM
Definition	Those ones.	Initialism of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.

Letter map: them vs TSM

Shared letters muted; letters that set them and TSM apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

them

3 ch

TSM

Grammar separator: them vs TSM

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: them is apronoun and TSManame. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42533, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

them is recorded at frequency rank #71, classified as apron, pronounced /ˈðɛm/. TSM is at rank #42,462, 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 42533, this pair ranks #248,329 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of them vs TSM

Shared letters: mt. Private to "them": eh. Private to "TSM": s.

"them" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "TSM" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Known mistypes of this pair

them ← htem · tehm · themm · thhem · thme · tthem

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "them" and "TSM" mean the same thing in a sentence?

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

Frequency check: "them" vs "TSM" - which ranks higher?

"them" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #71 in our English list, against #42,462 for "TSM". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "them" and "TSM". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "them" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "TSM" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #248,329 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"them" and "TSM" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Taf vs TSM". 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

Confusion rank #248,329 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.