themedvsthesesConfusable pair

Quick tell: themed is a adjective, theses is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“themed” is an adjective and “theses” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,860
“themed” frequency rank
#22,243
“theses” frequency rank
30103
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature themed theses
Definition Having a particular theme or topic. plural of thesis

Letter map: themed vs theses

Shared letters muted; letters that set themed and theses apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
themed
6 ch
theses

Part-of-speech tell for themed / theses

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: themed is anadjective and thesesanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30103, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

themed is recorded at frequency rank #7,860, classified as anadj. theses is at rank #22,243, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈθiːsiːz/.

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 30103, this pair ranks #357,336 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of themed vs theses

Shared letters: eht. Private to "themed": dm. Private to "theses": s.

"themed" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "theses" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • themedhtemed · tehmed · theemd · themde · themedd · themmed · thhemed · thmeed
  • theseshteses · tehses · theess · thesess · thesses · thheses · thsees · ttheses

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "themed" and "theses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "themed" is an adjective and "theses" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "themed" or "theses" show up more?
"themed" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,860 in our English list, against #22,243 for "theses". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "themed" vs "theses" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "themed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "theses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #357,336 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "themed" and "theses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tenses vs theses". 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 #357,336 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list