thou
/ðaʊ/
The verdict
“thou” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,713 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,713
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tú, vos (pronombre personal de la segunda persona del singular).
Corpus desk
Index ES-thou · thou · Spanish
thou · rank #78,713 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,713
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH teñirse
Nearest frequency peer: teñirse (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “thou”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tebeo
tebeo
21,293 corpus weight
- temíamos
temíamos
21,291 corpus weight
- teñirse
teñirse
21,289 corpus weight
- thou
thou
21,288 corpus weight
- tiranías
tiranías
21,285 corpus weight
- tirolesa
tirolesa
21,284 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “thou” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thou |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /ðaʊ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #78,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “thou” en español
Rare enough to double-check
thou is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,713 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed /ðaʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tú, vos (pronombre personal de la segunda persona del singular).".
thou doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is thou, spelled T-H-O-U.
Definition
- 1Tú, vos (pronombre personal de la segunda persona del singular).
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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