thy
/ˈðaɪ/
The verdict
“thy” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,168 among 1,850 “T” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,168
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,850
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - teu, tua, teus, tuas, pronome possessivo da segunda pessoa do singular
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thy |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /ˈðaɪ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #75,168 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thy” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
thy is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,168 among 1,850 “T” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed /ˈðaɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "teu, tua, teus, tuas, pronome possessivo da segunda pessoa do singular".
No generated misspelling entries exist for thy in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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. The correct Portuguese form is thy, spelled T-H-Y.
Definition
- 1teu, tua, teus, tuas, pronome possessivo da segunda pessoa do 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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “thy”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-H-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈðaɪ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.