tenha

verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#369

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

tenha is aPortugueseverb. It means: primeira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo do verbo ter It ranks #369 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with tha and terá.

Key facts for tenha
PropertyValue
Headwordtenha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters5
Frequency rank#369
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tenha in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for tenha is 5 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #369 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for tenha, with forms such as "etnha", "tehna", and "tenah". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tha", "terá", "tens", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is tenha, spelled T-E-N-H-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    primeira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo do verbo ter
  2. 2
    terceira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo do verbo ter
  3. 3
    terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo do verbo ter

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etnha,tehna,tenah,tenhha,tennha,tneha,ttenha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tenha

Misspelling Variants of "tenha"

etnha5tehna5tenah5tenhha6tennha6tneha5ttenha6
Misspelling Variants of "tenha"

Frequency rank: #369 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tenha"?
"tenha" is spelled T-E-N-H-A.
What does "tenha" mean?
As a verb, "tenha" means: primeira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo do verbo ter
What words are commonly confused with "tenha"?
"tenha" is commonly confused with "tha", "terá", "tens". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "tenha" come from?
"tenha" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.