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Which to use

“thats” and “THT” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,922
“thats” frequency rank
#42,949
“THT” frequency rank
45871
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature thats THT
Definition plural of that Initialism of through-hole technology.

Letter map: thats vs THT

Shared letters muted; letters that set thats and THT apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. thats runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against THT's 3 (CCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
thats
3 ch
THT

Spelling & dictionary notes on thats vs THT

thats and THT 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45871, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

thats is recorded at frequency rank #2,922, classified as anoun. THT is at rank #42,949, 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 45871, this pair ranks #217,099 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of thats vs THT

Shared letters: ht. Private to "thats": as. Private to "THT": -.

"thats" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "THT" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • thats ← htats · tahts · thast · thatss · thatts · thhats · thtas · tthats

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "thats" and "THT" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "thats" vs "THT" - which ranks higher?
"thats" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,922 in our English list, against #42,949 for "THT". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "thats" and "THT". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "thats" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "THT" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #217,099 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "thats" and "THT" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "THT 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 #217,099 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