# Thu

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #24,339

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Vietnamese Thư, the local romanization of the Chinese surname 舒 (Shū).
* Borrowed from Norwegian Thu, a surname predominantly found in Western Norway.

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

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