# Tess vs TSM

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Tess
*name · IPA /tɛs/ · frequency rank #21,679*
A diminutive of the female given name Teresa.

### TSM
*name · frequency rank #42,462*
Initialism of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.

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