# tem vs the

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### the
*article · IPA /ˈðiː/ · frequency rank #314*
El, la, los, las.

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