# tend vs Teng

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tend
*verb · IPA /ˈtɛnd/ · frequency rank #2,648*
To make a tender of; to offer or tender.

### Teng
*name · frequency rank #46,214*
A surname from Hokkien.

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