# tenure

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɛn.jʊə/ · frequency rank #7,988

## Definitions
1. A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
2. A period of time during which something is possessed.
3. A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.
4. A right to hold land under the feudal system.

## Etymology
From Middle English tenure, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French tenure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenitus, from Latin tentus (from teneō) + -ura.

## Easily confused with
- **Toure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenure-vs-toure)
- **texture** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenure-vs-texture)
- **tense** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tense-vs-tenure)
- **tenor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenor-vs-tenure)

## Common misspellings (8)
`etnure`, `tennure`, `tenrue`, `tenuer`, `tenurre`, `teunre`, `tneure`, `ttenure`

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