thatsvstootsWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#2,922
“thats” frequency rank
#46,823
“toots” frequency rank
49745
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature thats toots
Definition plural of that plural of toot

Letter map: thats vs toots

Shared letters muted; letters that set thats and toots apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. thats (CCVCC) and toots (CVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
thats
5 ch
toots

Corpus notes: thats and toots

thats and toots 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49745, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

thats is recorded at frequency rank #2,922, classified as anoun. toots is at rank #46,823, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈtuts/.

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 49745, this pair ranks #180,738 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of thats vs toots

Shared letters: st. Private to "thats": ah. Private to "toots": o.

"thats" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "toots" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • thats ← htats · tahts · thast · thatss · thatts · thhats · thtas · tthats
  • toots ← otots · toost · tootss · tootts · totos · tots · ttoots

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "thats" and "toots" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary English text, does "thats" or "toots" show up more?
"thats" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,922 in our English list, against #46,823 for "toots". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "thats" vs "toots" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "thats" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "toots" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #180,738 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "thats" and "toots" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "toots vs Toth". 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 #180,738 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