there is
"there-is" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“there is” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of there be. Used to indicate the existence of something physical or abstract. See also there are.
Corpus desk
Index EN-there-is · there is · English
there is · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | there is |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “there is” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
there is is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of there be. Used to indicate the existence of something physical or abstract. See also there are.".
there is doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is there is, spelled T-H-E-R-E- -I-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of there be. Used to indicate the existence of something physical or abstract. See also there are.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how there is appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There is a man here to see you.
There is a flaw in your argument.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.