# Tam vs tu

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### tu
*verb · IPA [tuː] · frequency rank #2,620*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tun

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tam-vs-tu