# tends vs Tess

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Tess
*name · IPA /tɛs/ · frequency rank #21,679*
A diminutive of the female given name Teresa.

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