those
/ðəʊz/
"those" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“those” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #133. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #133
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of that
Corpus desk
Index EN-those · those · English
those · rank #133 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #133
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH never
Nearest frequency peer: never (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “those”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- got
got
99,871 corpus weight
- many
many
99,870 corpus weight
- never
never
99,869 corpus weight
- those
those
99,868 corpus weight
- life
life
99,867 corpus weight
- say
say
99,866 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “those” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | those |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Determiner |
| IPA | /ðəʊz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #133 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “those” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around those (IPA /ðəʊz/), adeterminer. Corpus frequency is #133 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of that".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for those, with forms such as "htose", "thhose", and "thoes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "toe", "TOS", "tse", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English thos (“those”), alteration of tho pl (“the; those”), equivalent to tho (“the; those”) + -s (plural ending), partly by analogy with thes (“these”), whose final -s is original and not a plural ending. More at tho. The correct English form is those, spelled T-H-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1plural of that
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how those appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Those bolts go with these parts.
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us.
Etymology
From Middle English thos (“those”), alteration of tho pl (“the; those”), equivalent to tho (“the; those”) + -s (plural ending), partly by analogy with thes (“these”), whose final -s is original and not a plural ending. More at tho.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- htose
- thhose
- thoes
- thosse
- thsoe
- tohse
- tthose
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of those - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "those", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "those" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "toe". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #133 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.