Which to use
“thank” and “thats” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #317
- “thank” frequency rank
- #2,922
- “thats” frequency rank
- 3239
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | thank | thats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | singular of thanks (“an expression of appreciation or gratitude; grateful feelings or thoughts; favour, goodwill, graciousness”) | plural of that |
Letter map: thank vs thats
Shared letters muted; letters that set thank and thats apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
thank 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3239, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
thank is recorded at frequency rank #317, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈθæŋk/. 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 3239, this pair ranks #522,698 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of thank vs thats
Shared letters: aht. Private to "thank": kn. Private to "thats": s.
"thank" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "thats" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC