# Tam vs te

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Tam
*name · IPA [tam] · frequency rank #32,801*
männlicher Vorname

### te
*pronoun · IPA [te] · frequency rank #6,979*
ihr, Sie (Höflichkeitsform)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tam-vs-te