# tho

> English word · Article · IPA /ðəʊ/ · frequency rank #3,588

## Definitions
1. The (plural form); those.

## Etymology
From Middle English tho, tha, from Old English þā (“the, those”, plural), from Proto-West Germanic *þai, from Proto-Germanic *þai (“those”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, *só (“that”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian do (“the”, plural). Doublet of they.

## Easily confused with
- **to** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-to)
- **TV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-tv)
- **TL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-tl)
- **TX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-tx)
- **ti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-ti)
- **Tu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-tu)
- **Ty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-ty)
- **TN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-tn)
- **TS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-ts)
- **TM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-tm)
- **TT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-tt)
- **TJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-tj)
- **tp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-tp)
- **TK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-tk)
- **two** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-two)
- **too** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-too)
- **top** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-top)
- **try** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-try)
- **tom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-tom)
- **tip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-tip)

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