Which to use
“thar” is an adverb and “thats” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,944
- “thar” frequency rank
- #2,922
- “thats” frequency rank
- 45866
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | thar | thats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nonstandard form of there. | plural of that |
Letter map: thar vs thats
Shared letters muted; letters that set thar and thats apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. thar runs 4 letters (CCVC) against thats's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for thar / thats
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: thar is anadverb and thatsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
thar is recorded at frequency rank #42,944, classified as anadv. 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 45866, this pair ranks #217,145 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of thar vs thats
Shared letters: aht. Private to "thar": r. Private to "thats": s.
"thar" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "thats" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "thar" and "thats" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "thar" or "thats"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "thar" and "thats". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "thar" 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 #217,145 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "thar" and "thats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "thar vs Trav". 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 #217,145 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.