# tener vs tentar

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### tener
*verb · IPA [t̪eˈneɾ] · frequency rank #118*
Poseer, ser dueño de algo.

### tentar
*verb · IPA [t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ] · frequency rank #31,573*
Usar el sentido del tacto.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/tener-vs-tentar