th
/-θ/noun, article
th is spelled T-H: 2 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, th means “Abbreviation of table header” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in th?
| Letters | 2: T-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,121st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is th?
Th appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce th?
- /-θ/
- /ð/
- /ðə/
Th has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does th mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of table header.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of Thursday.
noun
- 1
Initialism of time-hopping.
symbol
- 1
Used in some American dictionaries for the sound /ð/, contrasting with ⟨th⟩ for /θ/.
symbol
- 1
datedAn orthographic ⟨th⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /t/, as in the name "Thomas" (capitalized T͞homas).
article
- 1
Abbreviation of the.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Th in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense used to form the ordinal numeral:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | -ième |
| German | -te, -ste |
| Portuguese | -ésimo, -to (4, 5, 6, 14, 15, 16, …), -avo (8, 18, 28, …) |
| Spanish | -avo (8, 18, 28, ...), -imo (7, 10, 11, 12) |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.