# three vs Trey

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### three
*num · IPA /θɹiː/ · frequency rank #164*
A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).

### Trey
*name · IPA /tɹeɪ/ · frequency rank #16,604*
A nickname for someone who is the third person in the family sharing his father's name.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/three-vs-trey