Which to use
“thus” is an adverb and “tui” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,323
- “thus” frequency rank
- #38,658
- “tui” frequency rank
- 39981
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | thus | tui |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | In this way or manner. | A species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand. |
Where the eye mixes thus and tui
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: thus vs tui
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: thus is /ˈðʌs/ while tui is /ˈtʉi/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adverb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39981, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
thus is recorded at frequency rank #1,323, classified as anadv, pronounced /ˈðʌs/. tui is at rank #38,658, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈtʉi/.
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 39981, this pair ranks #271,726 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of thus vs tui
Shared letters: tu. Private to "thus": hs. Private to "tui": i.
"thus" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "tui" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- thus ← htus · thhus · thsu · thuss · tthus · tuhs
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "thus" and "tui" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "thus" or "tui" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "thus" and "tui" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "thus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tui" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #271,726 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "thus" and "tui" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tuft vs tui". 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 #271,726 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.