# tends vs tense

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### tense
*noun · IPA /tɛns/ · frequency rank #7,752*
The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.

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