Which to use
“than” is a conjunction and “thin” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,187
- “than” frequency rank
- #34,948
- “thin” frequency rank
- 48135
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | than | thin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que (usado em comparações) | delgado |
Letter map: than vs thin
Shared letters muted; letters that set than and thin apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - than and thin
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: than is aconjunction and thinanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “than” becomes i in “thin”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48135, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
than is recorded at frequency rank #13,187, classified as aconj. 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 48135, this pair ranks #17,073 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of than vs thin
Shared letters: hnt. Private to "than": a. Private to "thin": i.
"than" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "thin" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "than" for "thin" ever safe?
Frequency check: "than" vs "thin" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "than" and "thin". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "than" 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 #17,073 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "than" 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 #17,073 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.