Which to use
“Thais” and “thats” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,943
- “Thais” frequency rank
- #2,922
- “thats” frequency rank
- 45865
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Thais | thats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of Thai | plural of that |
Letter map: Thais vs thats
Shared letters muted; letters that set Thais and thats apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Thais (CCVVC) and thats (CCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Corpus notes: Thais and thats
Thais and thats are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - i in “Thais” becomes t in “thats”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45865, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Thais is recorded at frequency rank #42,943, classified as anoun. thats is at rank #2,922, tagged as anoun.
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 45865, this pair ranks #217,155 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Thais vs thats
Shared letters: ahst. Private to "Thais": i. Private to "thats": -.
"Thais" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "thats" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Thais" and "thats" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "Thais" or "thats" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Thais" and "thats".
- Full dictionary entry for "Thais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "thats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #217,155 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Thais" and "thats" 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 #217,155 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.