there vs there's, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“there” is an adverb and “there's” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,584
“there” frequency rank: #21,318
“there's” frequency rank: 30902
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	there	there's
Definition	aí, nesse local (perto do interlocutor):	contração de there is

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set there and there's apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

there

7 ch

there's

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: there is anadverb and there'sacontraction. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “there” sits inside “there's”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30902, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

there is recorded at frequency rank #9,584, classified as anadv, pronounced /ˈðɛɹ/. there's is at rank #21,318, tagged as acontraction.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 30902, this pair ranks #37,336 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of there vs there's

Shared letters: ehrt. Private to "there": -. Private to "there's": s.

"there" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "there's" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

there ← htere · tehre · theer · therre · thhere · three · tthere

Frequency comparison

there#9,584

there's#21,318

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "there" and "there's" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "there" is an adverb and "there's" a contraction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "there" or "there's"?

"there" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,584 in our Portuguese list, against #21,318 for "there's". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering there vs there's

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an adverb, it's “there”; for a contraction, it's “there's”.
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