# thine

> English word · Determiner · IPA /ðaɪn/ · frequency rank #19,485

## Definitions
1. Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).

## Etymology
From Middle English thyn, þyn, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz. Cognate to German dein, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian din, Faroese tín and Icelandic þinn.

## Easily confused with
- **tie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-tie)
- **tin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-tin)
- **this** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-this)
- **time** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-time)
- **tiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-tiny)
- **tone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-tone)
- **twin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-twin)
- **tune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-tune)
- **tide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-tide)
- **tire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-tire)
- **Tina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-tina)
- **tile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-tile)
- **ting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-ting)
- **tint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-tint)
- **Tyne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-tyne)
- **thon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-thon)
- **tink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-tink)
- **tine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-tine)
- **Thun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-thun)
- **think** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-think)

## Common misspellings (7)
`htine`, `thhine`, `thien`, `thinne`, `thnie`, `tihne`, `tthine`

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