Than-Then | Commonly Confused Words

Than

/ðən/

Used to compare different things, showing difference in degree or quantity

'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.'

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/ðen/

Used to indicate time or a sequence of events or actions, often following a previous event.

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 for comparisons, while then refers to time or order.
Remember that than is typically seen with comparisons, like this is better than that.
Then often pairs with time, as in first this happens, then that.
Note the a in than, which can be associated with comparison.
Then contains an e, which you can associate with time or sequence.