thatvsTTWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: that is a conjunction, TT is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“that” is a conjunction and “TT” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10
“that” frequency rank
#12,880
“TT” frequency rank
12890
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature that TT
Definition Introducing a clause that is the object of a verb, especially a reporting verb or verb expressing belief, knowledge, perception, etc. Initialism of tabletop.

Letter map: that vs TT

Shared letters muted; letters that set that and TT apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
that
2 ch
TT

Grammar separator: that vs TT

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: that is aconjunction and TTanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12890, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

that is recorded at frequency rank #10, classified as aconj, pronounced /ðət/. TT is at rank #12,880, 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 12890, this pair ranks #478,963 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of that vs TT

Shared letters: t. Private to "that": ah. Private to "TT": -.

"that" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "TT" · 2 letters · shape CC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • thathtat · taht · thatt · thhat · thta · tthat

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "that" and "TT" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "that" is a conjunction and "TT" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "that" or "TT" show up more?
"that" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10 in our English list, against #12,880 for "TT". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "that" and "TT". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "that" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "TT" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #478,963 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "that" and "TT" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "TT vs tuft". 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 #478,963 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list