# those

> English word · Determiner · IPA /ðəʊz/ · frequency rank #133

## Definitions
1. plural of that

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **toe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-toe)
- **TOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-tos)
- **tse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-tse)
- **thus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-thus)
- **tone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-tone)
- **thou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-thou)
- **toss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-toss)
- **tore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-tore)
- **tote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-tote)
- **tome** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-tome)
- **tosh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-tosh)
- **twos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-twos)
- **toke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-toke)
- **thot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-thot)
- **tobe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-tobe)
- **three** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-three)
- **trope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-trope)
- **thyme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-thyme)
- **trove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-trove)
- **Thule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/those-vs-thule)

## Common misspellings (7)
`htose`, `thhose`, `thoes`, `thosse`, `thsoe`, `tohse`, `tthose`

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