# te

> English word · Noun · IPA /tiː/ · frequency rank #6,422

## Definitions
1. In solfège, the seventh note of a major scale (the note B in the fixed-do system): ti.
2. In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.

## Etymology
Sense 1: Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become te and later ti.
Sense 2: The vowel of ti then changed to 'e' to signify a flattened note.

## Easily confused with
- **to** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-to)
- **TV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-tv)
- **TL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-tl)
- **TX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-tx)
- **ti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-ti)
- **Tu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-tu)
- **Ty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-ty)
- **TN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-tn)
- **TS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-ts)
- **TM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-tm)
- **TT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-tt)
- **TF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-tf)
- **TJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-tj)
- **tp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-tp)
- **TG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-tg)
- **TK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-tk)
- **the** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-the)
- **two** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-two)
- **too** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-too)
- **top** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-top)

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