tenéisvstetrisWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: tenéis is a verb, tetris is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tenéis” is a verb and “tetris” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,204
“tenéis” frequency rank
#46,843
“tetris” frequency rank
51047
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tenéis tetris
Definition Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del presente de indicativo de tener. Juego electrónico de lógica y habilidad en el que piezas geométricas de diferentes formas (tetriminos) descienden por una pantalla y deben ser rotadas y desplazadas por el jugador para encajarlas, formando líneas horizontales continuas que desaparecen al completarse.

Where the eye mixes tenéis and tetris

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tenéis (CVCVVC) and tetris (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
tenéis
6 ch
tetris

Visual trap between tenéis and tetris

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tenéis is [t̪eˈnejs] while tetris is [ˈt̪et̪ɾis]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51047, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tenéis is recorded at frequency rank #4,204, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪eˈnejs]. tetris is at rank #46,843, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪et̪ɾis].

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 51047, this pair ranks #99,940 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tenéis vs tetris

Shared letters: eist. Private to "tenéis": né. Private to "tetris": r.

"tenéis" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "tetris" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tetris ← ettris · tertis · tetirs · tetriss · tetrris · tetrsi · tettris · tteris

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tenéis" and "tetris" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tenéis" is a verb and "tetris" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "tenéis" or "tetris"?
"tenéis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,204 in our Spanish list, against #46,843 for "tetris". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "tenéis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tetris" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #99,940 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tenéis" and "tetris" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tennis vs tetris". 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 #99,940 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