# tales vs Thales

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tales
*noun · IPA /teɪlz/ · frequency rank #6,104*
plural of tale

### Thales
*name · IPA /ˈθeɪliːz/ · frequency rank #43,413*
A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Miletus in Asia Minor.

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