Which to use
“team” is a noun and “ter” is a particle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #203
- “team” frequency rank
- #20,796
- “ter” frequency rank
- 20999
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | team | ter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage. | Eye dialect spelling of to. |
Letter map: team vs ter
Shared letters muted; letters that set team and ter apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: team vs ter
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: team is anoun and teraparticle. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20999, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
team is recorded at frequency rank #203, classified as anoun, pronounced /tiːm/. ter is at rank #20,796, tagged as aparticle.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 20999, this pair ranks #427,143 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of team vs ter
Shared letters: et. Private to "team": am. Private to "ter": r.
"team" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "ter" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- team ← etam · taem · teamm · tema · tteam
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "team" for "ter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "team" vs "ter" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "team" and "ter". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "team" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #427,143 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "team" and "ter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Taf vs ter". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #427,143 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.