The dependence of the proton chemical shift of water on the concentration of sodium methane sulphonate, tetramethylammonium bromide, and tetrabutylammonium bromide was measured in water and in water‐D2O mixtures. Chemical shift data were used to calculate the fractionation factors (ø) for the methane sulphonate anion, the tetramethylammonium‐, and the tetrabutylammonium cation. In agreement with the results of other studies the obtained fractionation factors (0.97 ± 0.03, 1.0 ± 0.05, 1.06 ± 0.05 for the above mentioned ions, respectively) indicate that the methane sulphonate anion decreases the structure of water (relative to that of bulk water) whereas the tetrabutylammonium cation is clearly a structure maker. The effect of the tetramethylammonium ion appears to be negligible.