# these vs those

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### those
*determiner · IPA /ðəʊz/ · frequency rank #133*
plural of that

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/these-vs-those