Which to use
“that'd” is a contraction and “thawed” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,463
- “that'd” frequency rank
- #41,422
- “thawed” frequency rank
- 51885
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | that'd | thawed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | that would | simple past and past participle of thaw |
Where the eye mixes that'd and thawed
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses that'd with thawed
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: that'd is /ˈðætəd/ while thawed is /θɔːd/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (contraction vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51885, 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/. thawed is at rank #41,422, tagged as averb, pronounced /θɔːd/.
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 51885, this pair ranks #161,654 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of that'd vs thawed
Shared letters: adht. Private to "that'd": -. Private to "thawed": ew.
"that'd" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "thawed" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- thawed ← htawed · tahwed · thaewd · thawde · thawedd · thawwed · thhawed · thwaed
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "that'd" and "thawed" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "that'd" or "thawed"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "that'd" and "thawed" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "that'd" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "thawed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #161,654 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "that'd" and "thawed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "teared 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 #161,654 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.