tenace
noun
tenace is spelled T-E-N-A-C-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tenace means “An interrupted sequence of high cards of the same suit, such as the king and jack or the ace and queen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tenace is tenaces.
How many letters and syllables are in tenace?
| Letters | 6: T-E-N-A-C-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 89 million words; the 301,415th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tenace?
Tenace appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with tenace?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tenace.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cetane.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of tenace
- tenaces plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tenace mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An interrupted sequence of high cards of the same suit, such as the king and jack or the ace and queen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tenace come from?
Borrowed from French tenace, from Spanish tenaza, from earlier tenaces, from Latin tenācēs, from teneō (“hold, grasp”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).