Which to use
“then” is an adverb and “Thun” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #91
- “then” frequency rank
- #47,962
- “Thun” frequency rank
- 48053
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | then | Thun |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | At that time. | A city and municipality of Bern canton, Switzerland. |
Letter map: then vs Thun
Shared letters muted; letters that set then and Thun apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. then and Thun follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - then and Thun
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: then is anadverb and Thunaname. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “then” becomes u in “Thun”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
then is recorded at frequency rank #91, classified as anadv, pronounced /ðɛn/. Thun is at rank #47,962, 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 48053, this pair ranks #196,741 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of then vs Thun
Shared letters: hnt. Private to "then": e. Private to "Thun": u.
"then" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "Thun" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "then" for "Thun" ever safe?
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After this comparison
You've compared "then" and "Thun". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "then" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Thun" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #196,741 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "then" and "Thun" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Thun vs thunk". 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 #196,741 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.