thee
/ðiː/
"thee" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thee” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #6,748) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #6,748
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Objective and reflexive case of thou.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thee · thee · English
thee · rank #6,748 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,748
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Thanksgiving
Nearest frequency peer: Thanksgiving (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “thee”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sunset
sunset
93,256 corpus weight
- Taiwan
Taiwan
93,255 corpus weight
- Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
93,254 corpus weight
- thee
thee
93,253 corpus weight
- thermal
thermal
93,252 corpus weight
- trades
trades
93,251 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “thee” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /ðiː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #6,748 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thee” sits in English frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for thee is neighbouring look-alikes ("tie", "tho", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced /ðiː/. Frequency #6,748 among 3,151 “T” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for thee, with forms such as "htee", "tehe", and "thhee". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tie", "tho", "thy", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English þe, from Old English þē (“thee”, originally dative, but later also accusative, supplanting accusative þec), from Proto-Germanic *þiz (“thee”), from Proto-Indo-European *te (“second-person singular pronoun”). Cognate with Saterland Frisia… The correct English form is thee, spelled T-H-E-E.
Definition
- 1Objective and reflexive case of thou.
- 2Thou.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Prince Henry: Did I ever call for thee to pay thy part? Falstaff: No; I'll give thee thy due, thou hast paid all there.
Michael, this my behest have thou in charge, Take to thee from among the Cherubim Thy choice of flaming Warriours, least the Fiend
Etymology
From Middle English þe, from Old English þē (“thee”, originally dative, but later also accusative, supplanting accusative þec), from Proto-Germanic *þiz (“thee”), from Proto-Indo-European *te (“second-person singular pronoun”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian die (“thee”), West Frisian dy (“thee”), German Low German di (“thee”), German dir (“thee”, dative pron.), Icelandic þér (“thee”). More at thou.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- htee
- tehe
- thhee
- tthee
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of thee - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "thee", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.