hundred vs thou

hundred

noun
  • A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros). 

  • A score of one hundred runs or more scored by a batsman. 

  • Similar divisions in other areas, particularly in other areas of Britain or the British Empire 

  • An administrative subdivision of southern English counties formerly reckoned as comprising 100 hides (households or families) and notionally equal to 12,000 acres. 

num
  • The pronunciation of “00” for the two digits denoting the minutes. 

  • A numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine. 

thou

noun
  • A thousand, especially a thousand of some currency (dollars, pounds sterling, etc.). 

  • A unit of length equal to one-thousandth of an inch (25.4 µm). 

verb
  • To use the word thou. 

  • To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially as an expression of contempt or familiarity. 

How often have the words hundred and thou occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )