# ter vs the

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### ter
*verb · IPA [ˈt̪eɾ] · frequency rank #15,973*
Tener.

### 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/ter-vs-the