teamvstesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#6,238
“team” frequency rank
#28,970
“tes” frequency rank
35208
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature team tes
Definition Equipo (grupo de personas). Forma del plural de te.

Where the eye mixes team and tes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
team
3 ch
tes

Visual trap between team and tes

A purely visual mix-up. team (/ti:m/) and tes ([ˈt̪es]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35208, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

team is recorded at frequency rank #6,238, classified as anoun, pronounced /ti:m/. tes is at rank #28,970, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪es].

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 35208, this pair ranks #187,319 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of team vs tes

Shared letters: et. Private to "team": am. Private to "tes": s.

"team" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "tes" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • teametam · taem · teamm · tteam

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "team" and "tes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ti:m/ versus [ˈt̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "team" vs "tes" - which ranks higher?
"team" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,238 in our Spanish list, against #28,970 for "tes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "team" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #187,319 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "team" and "tes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tes vs toys". 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 #187,319 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