# tends vs Teng

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tends
*verb · IPA /tɛndz/ · frequency rank #5,922*
third-person singular simple present indicative of tend

### 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/tends-vs-teng