them

/ðɛm/

//ðɛm// pron

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The verdict

“them” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #22,214. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,214
frequency rank, Spanish
3,005
“T” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Los, las.

Corpus desk

Index ES-them · them · Spanish

them · rank #22,214 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,214
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,005
  • PHOTO-FINISH that's

Nearest frequency peer: that's (-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 “them”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “them” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

them vs Tim
25% similar
them vs tie
50% similar
them vs tre
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for them
PropertyValue
Headwordthem
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPronoun
IPA/ðɛm/
Letters4
Frequency rank#22,214
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “them”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).themcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “that's” (#22,213), “tocino” (#22,215), “testosterona” (#22,212). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “them” va en #22,214. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around them (IPA /ðɛm/), apronoun. Corpus frequency is #22,214 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for them, with forms such as "htem", "tehm", and "themm". 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, "Tim", "tie", "tre", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is them, spelled T-H-E-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Los, las.
  2. 2
    Les.
  3. 3
    Ellos, ellas.
  4. 4
    Le, la (cuando no se conoce el sexo de la persona).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how them appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I saw them last week, "Los vi la semana pasada".
  2. And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • htem
  • tehm
  • themm
  • thhem
  • thme
  • tthem

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of them - 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.

htem2tehm2themm1thhem1thme2tthem1
Edit distance from "them"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "them"?
"them" is spelled T-H-E-M. The IPA pronunciation is /ðɛm/.
What does "them" mean?
As a pronoun, "them" means: Los, las.
What words are commonly confused with "them"?
"them" is commonly confused with "Tim", "tie", "tre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "them"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "them" is /ðɛm/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "them" come from?
"them" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "them", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tell#22,207yugo#22,236Acre#22,246pyme#22,161

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

unirá6 variantsSammy6 variantsqueme6 variantspick6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list