Than-Then | Commonly Confused Words

Than

/ðən/

Used to compare two subjects, indicating that one exceeds or differs from the other in some way.

'Your fear of him seems greater than your love for me.'You are a cleverer man than I am, Japp."'Bodily illness is more easy to bear than mental.'

/ðen/

Used to refer to a time in the past or future that has been mentioned or is understood.

From then on she took control of everything."Better to show then to tell ya, dontcha think, brotha?Athos rose first, saying, "it is late, then....

Than is used to make comparisons, while then is used to denote time.
Remember: than has an a which matches with comparison, and then has an e, similar to time.
Think of than as a word you use in a sentence comparing big or small, tall or short.
Use then to talk about what happened next or in sequence.
If you can replace the word with after that, you should use then.