these

noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,727

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

these is aPortuguesenoun. It means: vide tese Often confused with três and they.

Key facts for these
PropertyValue
Headwordthese
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,727
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of these in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for these is 5 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #18,727 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "vide tese".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for these, with forms such as "htese", "tehse", and "thees". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "três", "they", "treze", 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 Portuguese form is these, spelled T-H-E-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    vide tese

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: htese,tehse,thees,thesse,thhese,thsee,tthese

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for these

Misspelling Variants of "these"

htese5tehse5thees5thesse6thhese6thsee5tthese6
Misspelling Variants of "these"

Frequency rank: #18,727 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "these"?
"these" is spelled T-H-E-S-E.
What does "these" mean?
As a noun, "these" means: vide tese
What words are commonly confused with "these"?
"these" is commonly confused with "três", "they", "treze". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "these" come from?
"these" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our Portuguese index:

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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.