# these vs thine

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### these
*determiner · IPA /ðiːz/ · frequency rank #94*
plural of this

### thine
*determiner · IPA /ðaɪn/ · frequency rank #19,485*
Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/these-vs-thine