Which to use
“thatch” and “thats” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,421
- “thatch” frequency rank
- #2,922
- “thats” frequency rank
- 44343
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | thatch | thats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain. | plural of that |
Letter map: thatch vs thats
Shared letters muted; letters that set thatch and thats apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Pair insight - thatch / thats
thatch and thats are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44343, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
thatch is recorded at frequency rank #41,421, classified as anoun, pronounced /θæt͡ʃ/. 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 44343, this pair ranks #231,533 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of thatch vs thats
Shared letters: aht. Private to "thatch": c. Private to "thats": s.
"thatch" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC · "thats" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "thatch" and "thats" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "thatch" or "thats"?
After this comparison
You've compared "thatch" and "thats". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "thatch" 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 #231,533 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "thatch" and "thats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "thatch vs thatched". 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 #231,533 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.