Which to use
“them” is a pronoun and “tye” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #71
- “them” frequency rank
- #40,491
- “tye” frequency rank
- 40562
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | them | tye |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Those ones. | Obsolete form of tie. |
Letter map: them vs tye
Shared letters muted; letters that set them and tye apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for them / tye
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: them is apronoun and tyeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
them is recorded at frequency rank #71, classified as apron, pronounced /ˈðɛm/. tye is at rank #40,491, tagged as anoun.
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 40562, this pair ranks #266,419 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of them vs tye
Shared letters: et. Private to "them": hm. Private to "tye": y.
"them" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "tye" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- them ← htem · tehm · themm · thhem · thme · tthem
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "them" and "tye" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "them" or "tye" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "them" and "tye". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "them" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tye" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #266,419 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "them" and "tye" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Taf vs tye". 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 #266,419 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.