there's
/ðɛəɹz/contraction
there's is spelled T-H-E-R-E-S: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 347 times per million words in written English, the 263rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a contraction, there's means “Contraction of there is” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in there's?
| Letters | 6: T-H-E-R-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 347 times per million words; the 263rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is there's?
There's appears 347 times per million words in written English, the 263rd 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's?
- /ðəɹz/
- /ðɛəɹz/
- /ðɛɹz/
There's 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-us-there's.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of there's
- dere's
- der's
- dar's
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does there's mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
contraction
- 1
Contraction of there is.
There's no arguing with him... or with her for that matter.
- 2
nonstandardContraction of there are.
There’s some chairs in the garage, aren’t there?
- 3
Contraction of there + has.
There’s been an accident!
- 4
proscribedContraction of there + was.
Yesterday, there's an accident.
- 5
colloquialContraction of there + does.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).