# tears vs ter

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### tears
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #32,803*
Plural des Substantivs tear

### ter
*verb · IPA [ˈte(ʁ)] · frequency rank #12,183*
haben, besitzen

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