tenemos

/[t̪eˈnemos]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#229

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

tenemos is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de tener o de tenerse. Pronounced [t̪eˈnemos]. It ranks #229 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with tenés and tensos.

Key facts for tenemos
PropertyValue
Headwordtenemos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[t̪eˈnemos]
Letters7
Frequency rank#229
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tenemos in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tenemos is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪eˈnemos]. Corpus data places it at rank #229 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de tener o de tenerse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for tenemos, with forms such as "etnemos", "teenmos", and "tenemmos". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "tenés", "tensos", "termos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is tenemos, spelled T-E-N-E-M-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de tener o de tenerse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etnemos,teenmos,tenemmos,tenemoss,tenemso,teneoms,tenmeos,tennemos,tneemos,ttenemos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tenemos

Misspelling Variants of "tenemos"

etnemos7teenmos7tenemmos8tenemoss8tenemso7teneoms7tenmeos7tennemos8
Misspelling Variants of "tenemos"

Frequency rank: #229 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tenemos"?
"tenemos" is spelled T-E-N-E-M-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪eˈnemos].
What does "tenemos" mean?
As a verb, "tenemos" means: Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de tener o de tenerse.
What words are commonly confused with "tenemos"?
"tenemos" is commonly confused with "tenés", "tensos", "termos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tenemos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tenemos" is [t̪eˈnemos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tenemos" come from?
"tenemos" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.