# tan vs the

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### tan
*adverb · IPA [ˈt̪ãn] · frequency rank #80*
Variante de tanto.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/tan-vs-the