Which to use
“Thais” is a noun and “that” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,943
- “Thais” frequency rank
- #10
- “that” frequency rank
- 42953
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Thais | that |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of Thai | Introducing a clause that is the object of a verb, especially a reporting verb or verb expressing belief, knowledge, perception, etc. |
Letter map: Thais vs that
Shared letters muted; letters that set Thais and that apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Thais runs 5 letters (CCVVC) against that's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - Thais and that
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Thais is anoun and thataconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42953, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Thais is recorded at frequency rank #42,943, classified as anoun. that is at rank #10, tagged as aconj, pronounced /ðət/.
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 42953, this pair ranks #244,589 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Thais vs that
Shared letters: aht. Private to "Thais": is. Private to "that": -.
"Thais" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "that" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Thais" and "that" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Thais" vs "that" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "Thais" and "that". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Thais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "that" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #244,589 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Thais" and "that" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Thais vs theism". 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 #244,589 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.