Which to use
“their” is a verb and “they” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,842
- “their” frequency rank
- #11,171
- “they” frequency rank
- 19013
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | their | they |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | futuro do verbo abair | pronome pessoal de terceira pessoa plural referente a um grupo de pessoas sem especificação de gênero; eles ou elas |
Letter map: their vs they
Shared letters muted; letters that set their and they apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for their / they
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: their is averb and theyapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19013, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
their is recorded at frequency rank #7,842, classified as averb, pronounced /he:r/. they is at rank #11,171, tagged as apron.
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 19013, this pair ranks #51,848 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of their vs they
Shared letters: eht. Private to "their": ir. Private to "they": y.
"their" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "they" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "their" and "they" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "their" or "they" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "their" and "they". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "their" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "they" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,848 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "their" and "they" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "teem vs they". 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 #51,848 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.