Which to use
“they” is a pronoun and “thin” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,171
- “they” frequency rank
- #34,948
- “thin” frequency rank
- 46119
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | they | thin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pronome pessoal de terceira pessoa plural referente a um grupo de pessoas sem especificação de gênero; eles ou elas | delgado |
Letter map: they vs thin
Shared letters muted; letters that set they and thin apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for they / thin
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: they is apronoun and thinanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46119, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
they is recorded at frequency rank #11,171, 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 46119, this pair ranks #19,236 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of they vs thin
Shared letters: ht. Private to "they": ey. Private to "thin": in.
"they" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "thin" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "they" and "thin" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "they" or "thin"?
What to do next
Pair "they" vs "thin" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "they" 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 #19,236 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "they" 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 #19,236 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.