Which to use
“thot” is an adverb and “thy” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,926
- “thot” frequency rank
- #6,014
- “thy” frequency rank
- 46940
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | thot | thy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Alternative form of though. | Possessive form of thou: that which belongs to thee; which belongs to you (singular). |
Letter map: thot vs thy
Shared letters muted; letters that set thot and thy apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for thot / thy
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: thot is anadverb and thyadeterminer. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46940, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
thot is recorded at frequency rank #40,926, classified as anadv. thy is at rank #6,014, tagged as adet, pronounced /ðaɪ/.
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 46940, this pair ranks #207,074 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of thot vs thy
Shared letters: ht. Private to "thot": o. Private to "thy": y.
"thot" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "thy" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- thot ← htot · thhot · thott · thto · toht · tthot
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "thot" for "thy" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "thot" or "thy" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "thot" and "thy".
- Full dictionary entry for "thot" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "thy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #207,074 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "thot" and "thy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "thot vs tuft". 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 #207,074 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.