# tom vs TS

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### tom
*noun · IPA \tɔm\ · frequency rank #2,600*
Abréviation courante de tom-tom (instrument de percussion).

### TS
*noun · IPA \te.ɛs\ · frequency rank #15,529*
Tentative de suicide.

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