# tenses

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɛnsɪz/ · frequency rank #43,957

## Definitions
1. plural of tense

## Easily confused with
- **Tess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenses-vs-tess)
- **tests** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenses-vs-tests)
- **tunes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenses-vs-tunes)
- **tones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenses-vs-tones)
- **tents** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenses-vs-tents)
- **terse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenses-vs-terse)
- **theses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenses-vs-theses)
- **tensor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenses-vs-tensor)
- **testes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenses-vs-testes)
- **tinsel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenses-vs-tinsel)
- **tens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-tenses)
- **Tees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-tenses)
- **tends** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tends-vs-tenses)
- **tense** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tense-vs-tenses)
- **tease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tease-vs-tenses)
- **tenet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenet-vs-tenses)
- **tennis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tennis-vs-tenses)
- **tender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tender-vs-tenses)
- **tended** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tended-vs-tenses)
- **teaser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaser-vs-tenses)

## Common misspellings (8)
`etnses`, `teness`, `tennses`, `tensess`, `tensses`, `tesnes`, `tneses`, `ttenses`

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