# teased vs terse

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### teased
*verb · IPA /tiːzd/ · frequency rank #19,229*
simple past and past participle of tease

### terse
*adjective · IPA /tɜːs/ · frequency rank #43,411*
Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.

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