their's

pron

"their-s" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“their's” is uncommon English (frequency #91,066 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,066
frequency rank, English
27,828
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Obsolete form of theirs.

Key facts for their's
PropertyValue
Headwordtheir's
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechPronoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#91,066
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “their's” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). their's lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

their's is uncommon English at frequency #91,066 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as apronoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for their's, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is their's, spelled T-H-E-I-R-'-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Obsolete form of theirs.
  2. 2
    Misspelling of theirs.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "their's"?
"their's" is spelled T-H-E-I-R-'-S.
What does "their's" mean?
As a pronoun, "their's" means: Obsolete form of theirs.
What language does "their's" come from?
"their's" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “their's”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is T-H-E-I-R-'-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list