Which to use
“ten” is a pronoun and “thin” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,094
- “ten” frequency rank
- #34,948
- “thin” frequency rank
- 45042
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ten | thin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | este, esta, esse, essa | delgado |
Letter map: ten vs thin
Shared letters muted; letters that set ten and thin apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for ten / thin
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ten is apronoun and thinanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45042, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ten is recorded at frequency rank #10,094, classified as apron. thin is at rank #34,948, tagged as anadj, pronounced /'θɪn/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 45042, this pair ranks #20,389 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ten vs thin
Shared letters: nt. Private to "ten": e. Private to "thin": hi.
"ten" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "thin" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- thin ← htin · thhin · thinn · thni · tihn · tthin
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ten" and "thin" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ten" or "thin" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ten" and "thin".
- Full dictionary entry for "ten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "thin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,389 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ten" and "thin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "thin vs til". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #20,389 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.