# thon

> English word · Pronoun · IPA /ðʌn/ · frequency rank #34,717

## Definitions
1. they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
2. them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.

## Etymology
Proposed in 1858 by Charles Crozat Converse from that + one. Compare also dialectal English and Scots thon (“that; yon”, adjective; pronoun).

## Easily confused with
- **to** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-to)
- **TN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-tn)
- **two** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-two)
- **too** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-too)
- **top** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-top)
- **tom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-tom)
- **toy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-toy)
- **ton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-ton)
- **thy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-thy)
- **toe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-toe)
- **tin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-tin)
- **tow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-tow)
- **tor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-tor)
- **TOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-tos)
- **tod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-tod)
- **tot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-tot)
- **Thu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-thu)
- **tun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-tun)
- **TOI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-toi)
- **Tok** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thon-vs-tok)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hton`, `thhon`, `thno`, `thonn`, `tohn`, `tthon`

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