tenga

/[ˈt̪ẽŋga]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#637

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

tenga is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de tener o de tenerse. Pronounced [ˈt̪ẽŋga]. It ranks #637 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with tina and teta.

Key facts for tenga
PropertyValue
Headwordtenga
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈt̪ẽŋga]
Letters5
Frequency rank#637
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tenga is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪ẽŋga]. Corpus data places it at rank #637 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for tenga, with forms such as "etnga", "tegna", and "tenag". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tina", "teta", "toga", 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 tenga, spelled T-E-N-G-A, 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 singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de tener o de tenerse.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de tener o de tenerse.
  3. 3
    Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de tener o del imperativo negativo de tenerse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etnga,tegna,tenag,tengga,tennga,tnega,ttenga

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tenga

Misspelling Variants of "tenga"

etnga5tegna5tenag5tengga6tennga6tnega5ttenga6
Misspelling Variants of "tenga"

Frequency rank: #637 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tenga"?
"tenga" is spelled T-E-N-G-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪ẽŋga].
What does "tenga" mean?
As a verb, "tenga" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de tener o de tenerse.
What words are commonly confused with "tenga"?
"tenga" is commonly confused with "tina", "teta", "toga". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tenga"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tenga" is [ˈt̪ẽŋga]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tenga" come from?
"tenga" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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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.