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 |
Letter map: there vs there's
Shared letters muted; letters that set there and there's apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. there runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against there's's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for there / there's
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "there" and "there's" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "there" or "there's"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "there" and "there's".
- Full dictionary entry for "there" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "there's" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,336 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "there" and "there's" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "there vs thorn". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #37,336 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.