Which to use
“that'd” is a contraction and “thats” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,463
- “that'd” frequency rank
- #2,922
- “thats” frequency rank
- 13385
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | that'd | thats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | that would | plural of that |
Letter map: that'd vs thats
Shared letters muted; letters that set that'd and thats apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. that'd and thats follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - that'd and thats
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: that'd is acontraction and thatsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13385, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
that'd is recorded at frequency rank #10,463, classified as acontraction, pronounced /ˈðætəd/. 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 13385, this pair ranks #476,139 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of that'd vs thats
Shared letters: aht. Private to "that'd": d. Private to "thats": s.
"that'd" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "thats" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- thats ← htats · tahts · thast · thatss · thatts · thhats · thtas · tthats
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "that'd" and "thats". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "that'd" 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 #476,139 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "that'd" and "thats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "that'd vs thawed". 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 #476,139 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.