# tem vs theme

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### theme
*noun · IPA /θiːm/ · frequency rank #43,891*
Tema₁.

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