# tease vs Tempe

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tease
*verb · IPA /tiːz/ · frequency rank #13,253*
To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).

### Tempe
*name · IPA /tɛmˈpiː/ · frequency rank #28,754*
A city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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