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“tememos” and “tendemos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,008
“tememos” frequency rank
#30,692
“tendemos” frequency rank
62700
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tememos tendemos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de temar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de tender o de tenderse.

Where the eye mixes tememos and tendemos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. tememos runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against tendemos's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
tememos
8 ch
tendemos

Look-alike desk: tememos vs tendemos

A purely visual mix-up. tememos ([t̪eˈmemos]) and tendemos ([t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪emos]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62700, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tememos is recorded at frequency rank #32,008, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪eˈmemos]. tendemos is at rank #30,692, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪emos].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 62700, this pair ranks #51,141 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tememos vs tendemos

Shared letters: emost. Private to "tememos": -. Private to "tendemos": dn.

"tememos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "tendemos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tememos ← etmemos · teemmos · tememmos · tememoss · tememso · temeoms · temmemos · temmeos
  • tendemos ← etndemos · tednemos · tenddemos · tendemmos · tendemoss · tendemso · tendeoms · tendmeos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tememos" and "tendemos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([t̪eˈmemos] versus [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪emos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "tememos" or "tendemos"?
"tendemos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,692 in our Spanish list, against #32,008 for "tememos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tememos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tendemos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,141 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tememos" and "tendemos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tememos vs termos". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #51,141 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list