# ter vs tu

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### 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: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ter-vs-tu