tengo
\ˈteŋ.ɡo\
The verdict
“tengo” is uncommon French (frequency #92,256 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,256
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe irrégulier tener (« avoir »).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tengo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈteŋ.ɡo\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #92,256 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tengo” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tengo is uncommon French at frequency #92,256 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈteŋ.ɡo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe irrégulier tener (« avoir »).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tengo, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tengo, spelled T-E-N-G-O.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe irrégulier tener (« avoir »).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “tengo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-E-N-G-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈteŋ.ɡo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.