# tele vs tem

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### tele
*noun · IPA [ˈt̪ele] · frequency rank #4,203*
Apócope de televisión.

### tem
*noun · IPA /tem/ · frequency rank #46,838*
Escalón.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/tele-vs-tem