# there's vs thereby

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### there's
*contraction · IPA /ðəɹz/ · frequency rank #267*
Contraction of there is.

### thereby
*adverb · IPA /ðɛɹˈbaɪ/ · frequency rank #6,844*
By it; by that; by that means, or as a consequence of that.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-s-vs-thereby