Which to use
“there” is an adverb and “these” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,584
- “there” frequency rank
- #18,727
- “these” frequency rank
- 28311
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | there | these |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | aí, nesse local (perto do interlocutor): | vide tese |
Letter map: there vs these
Shared letters muted; letters that set there and these apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for there / these
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: there is anadverb and theseanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - r in “there” becomes s in “these”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28311, 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/. these is at rank #18,727, tagged as anoun.
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 28311, this pair ranks #40,507 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of there vs these
Shared letters: eht. Private to "there": r. Private to "these": s.
"there" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "these" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "there" and "these" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "there" or "these"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "there" and "these".
- Full dictionary entry for "there" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "these" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,507 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "there" and "these" 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 #40,507 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.