tença
The verdict
“tença” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pensão com que o estado premiava serviços considerados relevantes:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tença |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tença” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for tença is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tença, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is tença, spelled T-E-N-Ç-A.
Definition
- 1pensão com que o estado premiava serviços considerados relevantes:
- 2qualidade ou o tipo do fundo; indicação que serve para que o navegante pondere a questão do fundeio e do risco das áreas com rochas submersas
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “tença”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-E-N-Ç-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.