Which to use
“thicke” is an adjective and “thine” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,202
- “thicke” frequency rank
- #19,485
- “thine” frequency rank
- 57687
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | thicke | thine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obsolete spelling of thick. | Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy). |
Letter map: thicke vs thine
Shared letters muted; letters that set thicke and thine apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. thicke runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against thine's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - thicke and thine
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: thicke is anadjective and thineadeterminer. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57687, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
thicke is recorded at frequency rank #38,202, classified as anadj. thine is at rank #19,485, tagged as adet, pronounced /ðaɪn/.
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 57687, this pair ranks #117,715 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of thicke vs thine
Shared letters: ehit. Private to "thicke": ck. Private to "thine": n.
"thicke" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "thine" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "thicke" and "thine" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "thicke" vs "thine" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "thicke" and "thine".
- Full dictionary entry for "thicke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "thine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #117,715 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "thicke" and "thine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "thicke vs thickly". 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 #117,715 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.