# the vs tone

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### tone
*verb · IPA [ˈt̪one] · frequency rank #44,488*
Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de tonar.

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