# tam vs the

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### tam
*adverb · IPA [ˈtam] · frequency rank #20,525*
Tan.

### the
*article · IPA /ˈðiː/ · frequency rank #314*
El, la, los, las.

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