tenhas

verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,973

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

tenhas is aPortugueseverb. It means: segunda pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo do verbo ter Often confused with tens and tenho.

Key facts for tenhas
PropertyValue
Headwordtenhas
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,973
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for tenhas is 6 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #14,973 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "segunda pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo do verbo ter".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for tenhas, with forms such as "etnhas", "tehnas", and "tenahs". 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, "tens", "tenho", "tinha", 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 tenhas, spelled T-E-N-H-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    segunda pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo do verbo ter

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etnhas,tehnas,tenahs,tenhass,tenhhas,tenhsa,tennhas,tnehas,ttenhas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tenhas

Misspelling Variants of "tenhas"

etnhas6tehnas6tenahs6tenhass7tenhhas7tenhsa6tennhas7tnehas6
Misspelling Variants of "tenhas"

Frequency rank: #14,973 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tenhas"?
"tenhas" is spelled T-E-N-H-A-S.
What does "tenhas" mean?
As a verb, "tenhas" means: segunda pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo do verbo ter
What words are commonly confused with "tenhas"?
"tenhas" is commonly confused with "tens", "tenho", "tinha". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "tenhas" come from?
"tenhas" 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.