this and that
"this-and-that" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“this and that” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Various unspecified things.
Corpus desk
Index EN-this-and-that · this and that · English
this and that · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | this and that |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “this and that” in English
Rare enough to double-check
this and that is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Various unspecified things.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for this and that in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is this and that, spelled T-H-I-S- -A-N-D- -T-H-A-T.
Definition
- 1Various unspecified things.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how this and that appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"What have you been doing lately?" — "Oh, you know, this and that."
It’s amusing to learn from publicists and Meghan herself that the duchess’s artisan this-and-thats will be available in the Netflix brick-and-mortar stores opening this year.
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.