# Tien vs tye

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Tien
*name · frequency rank #33,882*
A surname.

### tye
*noun · frequency rank #40,491*
Obsolete form of tie.

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