thu
pronoun
thu is spelled T-H-U: 3 letters. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a pronoun, thu means “Variant of thou” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in thu?
| Letters | 3: T-H-U |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 24,170th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is thu?
Thu appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with thu
Also written: thou.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with thu?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as thu.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hut.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does thu mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
pronoun
- 1
ScotlandVariant of thou.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of Thursday.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Thu in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense abbreviation of Thursday:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.