them

/\θem\/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,418

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

them is aFrenchverb. It means: Dire. Pronounced \θem\. Often confused with TM and tué.

Key facts for them
PropertyValue
Headwordthem
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\θem\
Letters4
Frequency rank#19,418
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of them in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for them is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \θem\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,418 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dire.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for them, with forms such as "htem", "tehm", and "themm". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TM", "tué", "tom", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is them, spelled T-H-E-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: htem,tehm,themm,thhem,thme,tthem

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for them

Misspelling Variants of "them"

htem4tehm4themm5thhem5thme4tthem5
Misspelling Variants of "them"

Frequency rank: #19,418 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "them"?
"them" is spelled T-H-E-M. The IPA pronunciation is \θem\.
What does "them" mean?
As a verb, "them" means: Dire.
What words are commonly confused with "them"?
"them" is commonly confused with "TM", "tué", "tom". 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 \θem\. 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 French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.