Which to use
“there's” is a contraction and “threes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #267
- “there's” frequency rank
- #28,401
- “threes” frequency rank
- 28668
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | there's | threes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contraction of there is. | The age of three; three years old. |
Letter map: there's vs threes
Shared letters muted; letters that set there's and threes apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. there's (CCVCVC) and threes (CCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for there's / threes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: there's is acontraction and threesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28668, 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/. threes is at rank #28,401, 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 28668, this pair ranks #369,270 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of there's vs threes
Shared letters: ehrst. Private to "there's": -. Private to "threes": -.
"there's" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "threes" · 6 letters · shape CCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- threes ← htrees · thhrees · threess · thres · threse · thrrees · trhees · tthrees
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "there's" and "threes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "there's" vs "threes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "there's" and "threes". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "there's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "threes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #369,270 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "there's" and "threes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Thales vs threes". 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 #369,270 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.