thy
/ˈðaɪ/
The verdict
“thy” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,168 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,168
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - teu, tua, teus, tuas, pronome possessivo da segunda pessoa do singular
Corpus desk
Index PT-thy · thy · Portuguese
thy · rank #75,168 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,168
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH thu
Nearest frequency peer: thu (-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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “thy”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- termómetro
termómetro
24,839 corpus weight
- terraplenag…
terraplenagem
24,838 corpus weight
- thu
thu
24,834 corpus weight
- thy
thy
24,833 corpus weight
- tojo
tojo
24,830 corpus weight
- torniquete
torniquete
24,827 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “thy” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “thy” em português
Rare enough to double-check
thy is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,168 among 917 “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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