# the vs those

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### the
*article · IPA /ðə/ (fraco, ou antes de consoante); /ðiː/ (enfático, ou antes de vogal) · frequency rank #93*
o (artigo definido masculino singular)

### those
*pronoun · IPA /ðoʊz/ · frequency rank #25,840*
plural de "that": esses, essas; aqueles, aquelas

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/the-vs-those