té
[ˈt̪e]
The verdict
“té” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #4,126 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,126
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Camellia sinensis) Arbusto de la famila de las cameliáceas, originario de Assam y de Bengala. Fue cultivado en China desde el siglo IV e introducido en Europa en el siglo XVI. Es perenne, de no má...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | té |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪e] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #4,126 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “té” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for té is 2 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,126 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for té in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tú", "to", "TV", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is té, spelled T-É.
Definition
- 1(Camellia sinensis) Arbusto de la famila de las cameliáceas, originario de Assam y de Bengala. Fue cultivado en China desde el siglo IV e introducido en Europa en el siglo XVI. Es perenne, de no más de 4 metros de altura, con hojas lanceoladas, ligeramente pubescentes, de hasta 15 centímetros de longitud y 5 de ancho. Las flores son blanco-amarillentas.
- 2Hojas desecadas de este arbusto, especialmente si cortadas en finas hebras para su uso en infusión.
- 3Infusión preparada con estas hojas secas o fermentadas, que es una bebida estimulante rica en cafeína.
- 4Infusión cualquiera de plantas medicinales.
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This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “té”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tú” - see the side-by-side comparison. té vs tú
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.