# tem vs teme

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### teme
*verb · IPA [ˈt̪eme] · frequency rank #8,191*
Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de temar.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/tem-vs-teme