# tend

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈtɛnd/ · frequency rank #2,648

## Definitions
1. To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
2. To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning.
3. To contribute to or toward some outcome.

## Etymology
From Middle English *tenden, from Old French tendre (“to stretch, stretch out, hold forth, offer, tender”), from Latin tendere (“to stretch, stretch out, extend, spread out”).

## Easily confused with
- **TN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-tn)
- **ton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-ton)
- **tin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-tin)
- **Tex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-tex)
- **TNT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-tnt)
- **ter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-ter)
- **tod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-tod)
- **tun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-tun)
- **tet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-tet)
- **Teo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-teo)
- **then** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-then)
- **told** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-told)
- **term** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-term)
- **test** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-test)
- **text** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-text)
- **Tony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-tony)
- **tiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-tiny)
- **tone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-tone)
- **tied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-tied)
- **tons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tend-vs-tons)

## Common misspellings (6)
`etnd`, `tedn`, `tendd`, `tennd`, `tned`, `ttend`

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