# Tu vs tye

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Tu
*name · frequency rank #10,301*
A surname from Chinese.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tu-vs-tye