# ten vs they

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### ten
*verb · IPA [ˈt̪ẽn] · frequency rank #3,450*
Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de tener.

### they
*pronoun · IPA /ðeɪ/ · frequency rank #14,023*
Ellos, ellas.

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