# thou vs though

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### thou
*pronoun · IPA /ðaʊ/ · frequency rank #5,558*
Nominative singular of ye (“you”).

### though
*adverb · IPA /ðəʊ/ · frequency rank #298*
Despite that; however.

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