li vs te

li

noun
  • In solfège, the raised sixth note of a major scale (the note A-sharp in the fixed-do system). 

  • The Korean mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m. 

  • A meaningful ceremony or ritual; etiquette, behaviour. 

  • A traditional Chinese unit of weight, equal to one-thousandth of a liang, or fifty milligrams. 

  • The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters). 

  • An ancient Chinese cauldron having three hollow legs. 

te

noun
  • In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta. 

  • The name of the Cyrillic script letter Т / т. 

How often have the words li and te occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )