# Tick vs tie

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Tick
*noun · IPA [tɪk] · frequency rank #19,056*
unkontrollierte Muskelkontraktion

### 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/tick-vs-tie