# tie vs tom

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### tom
*adjective · IPA [tum] · frequency rank #2,521*
ohne Inhalt; leer

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