# tale vs tau

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tale
*noun · IPA /ˈteːl/ · frequency rank #4,416*
A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.

### tau
*noun · IPA /taʊ/ · frequency rank #19,983*
The letter Τ /τ in the Greek alphabet; being the nineteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek, and the twenty-first letter of the Old and Ancient Greek alphabets.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
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