their
/ðɛə(ɹ)/
The verdict
“their” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,269. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,269
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Su, sus (de ellos o de ellas, o de una persona cuando no se conoce su sexo).
Corpus desk
Index ES-their · their · Spanish
their · rank #19,269 · 7 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,269
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tijeras
Nearest frequency peer: tijeras (+1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “their”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- tanda
tanda
80,735 corpus weight
- tardo
tardo
80,734 corpus weight
- their
their
80,732 corpus weight
- tijeras
tijeras
80,731 corpus weight
- tin
tin
80,730 corpus weight
- todopoderoso
todopoderoso
80,729 corpus weight
What this shows “their” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | their |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ðɛə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #19,269 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “their”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around their (IPA /ðɛə(ɹ)/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,269 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Su, sus (de ellos o de ellas, o de una persona cuando no se conoce su sexo).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for their, with forms such as "hteir", "tehir", and "theirr". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "this", "they", "them", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is their, spelled T-H-E-I-R.
Definition
- 1Su, sus (de ellos o de ellas, o de una persona cuando no se conoce su sexo).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how their appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I went on Board in an evil Hour again, the –th of –––, 1659, being the same Day eight Year that I went from my Father and Mother at Hull, in order to act the Rebel to their Authority, and the Fool to my own Interest.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hteir
- tehir
- theirr
- theri
- thheir
- thier
- ttheir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of their - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "their", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).