# they vs tie

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### they
*pronoun · IPA [ðeɪ] · frequency rank #9,818*
sie

### tie
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #29,817*
nichts sagen; schweigen

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