# this

> English word · Determiner · IPA /ðɪs/ · frequency rank #15

## Definitions
1. The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).
2. The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).
3. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned).
4. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned).
5. A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a certain ...".
6. Designates the current or next instance.

## Etymology
From Middle English this, from Old English þis (neuter demonstrative), from North Sea Germanic base *þa- "that", from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód, extended form of demonstrative base *to-; + North-West Germanic definitive suffix -s, from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”).
Cognate with Scots this (“this”), Saterland Frisian dusse (“this”), West Frisian dizze (“this”), German dies, dieses (“this”), Old Gutnish þissi (“this”).

## Easily confused with
- **ti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-ti)
- **TS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-ts)
- **tip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-tip)
- **tie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-tie)
- **Tim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-tim)
- **tho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-tho)
- **thy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-thy)
- **tin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-tin)
- **tri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-tri)
- **tit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-tit)
- **TOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-tos)
- **tic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-tic)
- **Tia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-tia)
- **Thu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-thu)
- **TOI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-toi)
- **TMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-tms)
- **TPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-tps)
- **tig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-tig)
- **tui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-tui)
- **TMI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-tmi)

## Common misspellings (6)
`htis`, `thhis`, `thiss`, `thsi`, `tihs`, `tthis`

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