# these

> English word · Determiner · IPA /ðiːz/ · frequency rank #94

## Definitions
1. plural of this

## Etymology
From Middle English þes, from Old English þas, from Proto-West Germanic *þes-, a form of Proto-Germanic *sa (“that”), from Proto-Indo-European *só. Compare with German diese.

## Easily confused with
- **tse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/these-vs-tse)
- **this** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/these-vs-this)
- **they** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/these-vs-they)
- **thus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/these-vs-thus)
- **tree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/these-vs-tree)
- **toes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/these-vs-toes)
- **tres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/these-vs-tres)
- **those** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/these-vs-those)
- **three** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/these-vs-three)
- **thine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/these-vs-thine)
- **theta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/these-vs-theta)
- **thyme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/these-vs-thyme)
- **Thule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/these-vs-thule)
- **thesis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/these-vs-thesis)
- **theses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/these-vs-theses)
- **Theseus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/these-vs-theseus)
- **the** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/the-vs-these)
- **tee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-these)
- **them** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/them-vs-these)
- **then** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/then-vs-these)

## Common misspellings (7)
`htese`, `tehse`, `thees`, `thesse`, `thhese`, `thsee`, `tthese`

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