# tank vs tar

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### tank
*noun · IPA /tæŋk/ · frequency rank #25,833*
Tanque.

### tar
*verb · IPA [ˈt̪aɾ] · frequency rank #27,797*
Variante subestándar de estar.

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