# thee

> English word · Pronoun · IPA /ðiː/ · frequency rank #6,748

## Definitions
1. Objective and reflexive case of thou.
2. Thou.

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **tie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-tie)
- **tho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-tho)
- **thy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-thy)
- **toe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-toe)
- **Tue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-tue)
- **Thi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-thi)
- **Thu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-thu)
- **tre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-tre)
- **tse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-tse)
- **tye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-tye)
- **THT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-tht)
- **this** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-this)
- **they** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-they)
- **time** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-time)
- **them** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-them)
- **then** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-then)
- **true** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-true)
- **type** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-type)
- **thus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-thus)
- **tree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-tree)

## Common misspellings (4)
`htee`, `tehe`, `thhee`, `tthee`

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