there
/ðɛə(ɹ)/adverb, interjection, noun, pronoun
there is spelled T-H-E-R-E. The wrong spelling people search most is htere: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 588 of all searches for the word. There is an adverb meaning “In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or…”.
How many letters and syllables are in there?
| Letters | 5: T-H-E-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2,042 times per million words; the 59th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, htere, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell there?
There is spelled T-H-E-R-E. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 287 of the searches for there in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is there?
There appears 2,042 times per million words in written English, the 59th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce there?
- /ðə(ɹ)/
- /ðɛə(ɹ)/
- /ðɛː(ɹ)/
There has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-there.ogg, En-us-there.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with there
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: their, they're (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with there?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as there.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: three, ether, heter.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of there
- dar
- der
- dere
- thur
- thar
- dey
- thare
- theres plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does there mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).
I know Bristol quite well as I used to live there.
- 2
At that point, stage, etc., visualised as a distinct place.
He did not stop there, but continued his speech.
- 3
In a notional place where one will provide support or care; see also be there.
You know that I will always be there for you.
- 4
In existence in some place.
I know that aliens are there, somewhere.
- 5
informalIn its correct position, so as to be fully and properly fitted or inserted.
If I just push this in here like this, it should .... Ah! Good! It's there!
- 6
informalAfter the name of a person perceived as located ‘away’ from the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
Jim there has been with the company for twenty years.
- 7
After certain determiners, especially ‘them’, ‘that’ and ‘those’, used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also them there.
Your dog's been a-chasin' those there chickens.
- 8
informalIn a notional place or situation of mental soundness and competence; see also all there.
I spoke to her, but she didn't make much sense. I don't think she's totally there.
interjection
- 1
Used to offer encouragement or sympathy; see also there, there and there now.
There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.
- 2
Used to express victory or completion.
There! That knot should hold.
noun
- 1
That place (previously mentioned or otherwise implied).
We need someone to take us from here to there.
- 2
That situation; that position.
You rinse and de-string the green beans; I'll take it from there.
pronoun
- 1
Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.
There are two apples on the table. [=Two apples are on the table.]
- 2
Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.
If x is a positive number, then there exists [=there is] a positive number y less than x.
- 3
Used with other verbs, when raised.
There seems to be some difficulty with the papers. [=It seems that there is some difficulty with the papers.]
- 4
That.
therefor, thereat, thereunder
- 5
colloquialAppended to words of greeting etc.
Hi there, young fellow.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate there?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of there: th'.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
There in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | là, là-bas, y , voilà , il y a |
| German | dort, da , es , dorthin, dahin |
| Portuguese | aí, ali, lá , para aí, para ali, para lá |
| Spanish | ahí, allí, allá, acullá (further than "allá") , por allí, hacia allá |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does there come from?
From Middle English there, ther, thare, thar, thore, from Old English þēr, þǣr, þār (“there; at that place”), from Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar (“at that place; there”), from Proto-Indo-European *tó-r (“there”), from demonstrative pronominal base *to- (“the, that”) + adverbial suffix *-r.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).