Which to use
“that” is a conjunction and “tuan” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10
- “that” frequency rank
- #43,435
- “tuan” frequency rank
- 43445
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | that | tuan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Introducing a clause that is the object of a verb, especially a reporting verb or verb expressing belief, knowledge, perception, etc. | A brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), endemic to Australia. |
Letter map: that vs tuan
Shared letters muted; letters that set that and tuan apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. that (CCVC) and tuan (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for that / tuan
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: that is aconjunction and tuananoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43445, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
that is recorded at frequency rank #10, classified as aconj, pronounced /ðət/. tuan is at rank #43,435, 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 43445, this pair ranks #239,920 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of that vs tuan
Shared letters: at. Private to "that": h. Private to "tuan": nu.
"that" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "tuan" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "that" and "tuan" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "that" or "tuan"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "that" and "tuan". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "that" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tuan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #239,920 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "that" and "tuan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tuan vs twang". 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 #239,920 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.