techvstezWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#15,505
“tech” frequency rank
#25,840
“tez” frequency rank
41345
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tech tez
Definition Te, pronombre personal de la segunda persona en singular para el objeto indirecto. Aspecto externo o superficie, en especial del rostro humano.

Where the eye mixes tech and tez

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

4 ch
tech
3 ch
tez

Visual trap between tech and tez

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tech is /tet͡ʃ/ while tez is [ˈt̪es]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41345, 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/. tez is at rank #25,840, 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 41345, this pair ranks #154,156 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tech vs tez

Shared letters: et. Private to "tech": ch. Private to "tez": z.

"tech" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "tez" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • techetch · tceh · tecch · techh · tehc · ttech

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tech" and "tez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tech" is a pronoun and "tez" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "tech" or "tez"?
"tech" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,505 in our Spanish list, against #25,840 for "tez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "tech" and "tez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tech" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #154,156 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tech" and "tez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tez vs tul". 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 #154,156 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