tenhamos

verb

The verdict

“tenhamos” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,703. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,703
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,850
“T” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - primeira pessoa do plural do presente do conjuntivo verbo ter

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

tenhamos vs tenhas
75% similar
tenhamos vs tínhamos
88% similar
tenhamos vs tenham
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for tenhamos
PropertyValue
Headwordtenhamos
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,703
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tenhamos” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). tenhamos lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around tenhamos, averb. Corpus frequency is #7,703 among 1,850 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for tenhamos, with forms such as "etnhamos", "tehnamos", and "tenahmos". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "tenhas", "tínhamos", "tenham", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is tenhamos, spelled T-E-N-H-A-M-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    primeira pessoa do plural do presente do conjuntivo verbo ter
  2. 2
    primeira pessoa do plural do verbo ter

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etnhamos,tehnamos,tenahmos,tenhammos,tenhamoss,tenhamso,tenhaoms,tenhhamos,tenhmaos,tennhamos,tnehamos,ttenhamos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tenhamos - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

etnhamos2tehnamos2tenahmos2tenhammos1tenhamoss1tenhamso2tenhaoms2tenhhamos1
Edit distance from "tenhamos"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tenhamos"?
"tenhamos" is spelled T-E-N-H-A-M-O-S.
What does "tenhamos" mean?
As a verb, "tenhamos" means: primeira pessoa do plural do presente do conjuntivo verbo ter
What words are commonly confused with "tenhamos"?
"tenhamos" is commonly confused with "tenhas", "tínhamos", "tenham". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "tenhamos" come from?
"tenhamos" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “tenhamos”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-E-N-H-A-M-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “tenhas” - see the side-by-side comparison. tenhamos vs tenhas
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Same frequency band

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list