# Trey vs tye

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Trey
*name · IPA /tɹeɪ/ · frequency rank #16,604*
A nickname for someone who is the third person in the family sharing his father's name.

### 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/trey-vs-tye