Which to use
“there's” is a contraction and “thermos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #267
- “there's” frequency rank
- #44,527
- “thermos” frequency rank
- 44794
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | there's | thermos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contraction of there is. | A bottle, flask or similar vessel having a vacuum between its inner and outer silvered walls; designed to maintain the temperature of its contents |
Where the eye mixes there's and thermos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. there's runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against thermos's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between there's and thermos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: there's is /ðəɹz/ while thermos is /ˈθɜː.mɒs/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (contraction vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44794, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
there's is recorded at frequency rank #267, classified as acontraction, pronounced /ðəɹz/. thermos is at rank #44,527, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈθɜː.mɒs/.
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 44794, this pair ranks #227,271 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of there's vs thermos
Shared letters: ehrst. Private to "there's": -. Private to "thermos": mo.
"there's" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "thermos" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- thermos ← htermos · tehrmos · themros · thermmos · thermoss · thermso · theroms · therrmos
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "there's" and "thermos" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "there's" or "thermos" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "there's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "thermos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #227,271 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "there's" and "thermos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "thereon vs thermos". 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 #227,271 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.