# there

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ðə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #57

## Definitions
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).
2. 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).
3. 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).
4. 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).
5. 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).
6. 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).
7. 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).
8. 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).
9. To or into a place or location; thither.
10. To or into a place or location; thither.
11. In that matter, relation, etc..
12. Where, there where, in which place.
13. In this world: used to say that someone or something exists; see also pronoun section below.

## Etymology
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.
Cognate with Scots thar, thair (“there”), North Frisian dear, deer, där (“there”), Saterland Frisian deer (“there”), West Frisian dêr (“there”), Dutch daar (“there”), Low German dar (“there”), German da, dar- (“there”), Danish der (“there”), Norwegian der (“there”), Swedish där (“there”), Icelandic þar (“in that place, there”).

## Easily confused with
- **tre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-tre)
- **they** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-they)
- **tree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-tree)
- **tier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-tier)
- **tire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-tire)
- **thru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-thru)
- **tore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-tore)
- **Thor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-thor)
- **tyre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-tyre)
- **these** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-these)
- **those** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-those)
- **three** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-three)
- **third** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-third)
- **threw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-threw)
- **thorn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-thorn)
- **thine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-thine)
- **theta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-theta)
- **thyme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-thyme)
- **Thier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-thier)
- **Toure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/there-vs-toure)

## Common misspellings (6)
`htere`, `tehre`, `theer`, `therre`, `thhere`, `tthere`

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