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Which to use

“té” and “teje” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,126
“té” frequency rank
#45,636
“teje” frequency rank
49762
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature teje
Definition (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. Variante poco usada de tejo.

Where the eye mixes té and teje

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

2 ch
té
4 ch
teje

Visual trap between té and teje

A purely visual mix-up. ([ˈt̪e]) and teje ([ˈt̪exe]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49762, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

is recorded at frequency rank #4,126, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪e]. teje is at rank #45,636, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪exe].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 49762, this pair ranks #106,964 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of té vs teje

Shared letters: t. Private to "té": é. Private to "teje": ej.

"té" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "teje" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tejeetje · teej · tejje · tjee · tteje

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "té" and "teje" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈt̪e] versus [ˈt̪exe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "té" vs "teje" - which ranks higher?
"té" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,126 in our Spanish list, against #45,636 for "teje". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "té" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "teje" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #106,964 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "té" and "teje" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tale vs teje". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #106,964 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list