Which to use
“that” is a conjunction and “Thun” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10
- “that” frequency rank
- #47,962
- “Thun” frequency rank
- 47972
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | that | Thun |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Introducing a clause that is the object of a verb, especially a reporting verb or verb expressing belief, knowledge, perception, etc. | A city and municipality of Bern canton, Switzerland. |
Letter map: that vs Thun
Shared letters muted; letters that set that and Thun apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. that and Thun follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for that / Thun
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: that is aconjunction and Thunaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47972, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
that is recorded at frequency rank #10, classified as aconj, pronounced /ðət/. Thun is at rank #47,962, tagged as aname.
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 47972, this pair ranks #197,500 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of that vs Thun
Shared letters: ht. Private to "that": a. Private to "Thun": nu.
"that" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "Thun" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "that" and "Thun" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "that" or "Thun" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "that" vs "Thun" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "that" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Thun" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #197,500 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "that" and "Thun" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Thun vs thunk". 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 #197,500 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.