# them

> English word · Pronoun · IPA /ˈðɛm/ · frequency rank #71

## Definitions
1. Those ones.
2. Those ones.
3. Those ones.
4. Those ones.
5. Those ones.
6. A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 21st c.) non-binary.
7. A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 21st c.) non-binary.
8. A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 21st c.) non-binary.
9. A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 21st c.) non-binary.
10. A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 21st c.) non-binary.
11. They or those.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Old Norse þeimbor.
Middle English þem
English them
From Middle English þem, from Old Norse þeim.

## Easily confused with
- **TM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-tm)
- **tom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-tom)
- **tie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-tie)
- **Tim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-tim)
- **tho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-tho)
- **thy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-thy)
- **toe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-toe)
- **Tue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-tue)
- **Thi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-thi)
- **Thu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-thu)
- **tre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-tre)
- **tum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-tum)
- **tse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-tse)
- **tye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-tye)
- **TSM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-tsm)
- **THT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-tht)
- **this** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-this)
- **they** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-they)
- **then** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-then)
- **thus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-thus)

## Common misspellings (6)
`htem`, `tehm`, `themm`, `thhem`, `thme`, `tthem`

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