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theyre

theyre is the misspelling of they're.

theyre is the archaic form of their.

Meaning of their

Determiner

their

  1. Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).
    • they will meet tomorrow at their convenience
  2. Belonging to someone (one person, singular), or occasionally to something.
    • There's not a man I meet but doth salute me
      As if I were their well-acquainted friend […]c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about theyre

What is theyre the misspelling of?
Theyre is the misspelling of they're.

Words near theyre in the dictionary

  1. theyfriend
  2. theyfriends
  3. theymab
  4. theymabs
  5. theyr
  6. theyre
  7. theyself
  8. theyselfs
  9. theyselves
  10. theyuns
  11. theyyam

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Adapted from Wiktionary: theyre (page history and authors); their (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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