techvstejeTell them apart

Quick tell: tech is a pronoun, teje is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tech” is a pronoun and “teje” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,505
“tech” frequency rank
#45,636
“teje” frequency rank
61141
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tech teje
Definition Te, pronombre personal de la segunda persona en singular para el objeto indirecto. Variante poco usada de tejo.

Where the eye mixes tech and teje

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

4 ch
tech
4 ch
teje

Look-alike desk: tech vs teje

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tech is /tet͡ʃ/ while teje is [ˈt̪exe]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61141, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tech is recorded at frequency rank #15,505, classified as apron, pronounced /tet͡ʃ/. 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 61141, this pair ranks #56,490 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tech vs teje

Shared letters: et. Private to "tech": ch. Private to "teje": j.

"tech" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "teje" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • techetch · tceh · tecch · techh · tehc · ttech
  • tejeetje · teej · tejje · tjee · tteje

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tech" and "teje" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tech" is a pronoun and "teje" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "tech" or "teje"?
"tech" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,505 in our Spanish list, against #45,636 for "teje". 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 "tech" 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 #56,490 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tech" 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 #56,490 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