# there's

> English word · Contraction · IPA /ðəɹz/ · frequency rank #267

## Definitions
1. Contraction of there is.
2. Contraction of there are.
3. Contraction of there + has.
4. Contraction of there + was.
5. Contraction of there + does.

## Easily confused with
- **theres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-s-vs-theres)
- **theses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-s-vs-theses)
- **threes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-s-vs-threes)
- **thereby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-s-vs-thereby)
- **thereof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-s-vs-thereof)
- **Theresa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-s-vs-theresa)
- **therein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-s-vs-therein)
- **thereto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-s-vs-thereto)
- **thereon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-s-vs-thereon)
- **Theseus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-s-vs-theseus)
- **thermos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-s-vs-thermos)
- **there** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-there-s)
- **Thebes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thebes-vs-there-s)
- **there'd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-d-vs-there-s)
- **there'll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-ll-vs-there-s)
- **there're** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-re-vs-there-s)

## Common misspellings (10)
`htere's`, `tehre's`, `theer's`, `ther'es`, `there'ss`, `theres'`, `therre's`, `thhere's`, `three's`, `tthere's`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/there-s