# those vs tore

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### tore
*adjective · IPA /tɔː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #11,139*
Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.

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